Development of a tomato harvesting robot used in greenhouse

International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 140-149

  Wang, Li Li ^a,b   Zhao, Bo ^b   Fan, Jin Wei ^a   Hu, Xiao An ^b   Wei, Shu ^b   Li, Ya Shuo ^b   Zhou, Qiang Bing ^b   Wei, Chong Feng ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Automatic navigation; Binocular stereo vision system; Four wheel independent steering; Greenhouse; Obstacle avoidance; Tomato harvesting robot

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027016430     PISSN: 19346344     EISSN: 19346352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25165/j.ijabe.20171004.3204     Document Type: Article

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