Design and performance of a robotic arm for farm use

International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 146-158

  Roshanianfard, Ali ^a,b   Noguchi, Noboru ^b   Kamata, Tatsuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI   (Iran)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agricultural robot; Design; Harvesting; Modeling; Robotic arm; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85061553973     PISSN: 19346344     EISSN: 19346352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25165/j.ijabe.20191201.3721     Document Type: Article

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