Proof-of-concept of a robotic apple harvester

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn 2016-November, Issue , 2016, Pages 634-639

  Davidson, Joseph R ^a   Silwal, Abhisesh ^b   Hohimer, Cameron J ^a   Karkee, Manoj ^b   Mo, Changki ^a   Zhang, Qin ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); END EFFECTORS; FARMS; FRUITS; HARVESTERS; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; ORCHARDS; ROBOTICS;

CIRCULAR HOUGH TRANSFORMS; CRITICAL PROBLEMS; HARVESTING SYSTEM; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SIX DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 85006412367     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2016.7759119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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