[HTML][HTML] Smart indoor farms: Leveraging technological advancements to power a sustainable agricultural revolution

AJ Hati, RR Singh - AgriEngineering, 2021 - mdpi.com
Conventional farming necessitates a large number of resources and infrastructure such as
land, irrigation, manpower to manage farms, etc. Modern initiatives are required to automate …

YOLOWeeds: A novel benchmark of YOLO object detectors for multi-class weed detection in cotton production systems

F Dang, D Chen, Y Lu, Z Li - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2023 - Elsevier
Weeds are among the major threats to cotton production. Overreliance on herbicides for
weed control has accelerated the evolution of herbicide-resistance in weeds and caused …

[HTML][HTML] Deep object detection of crop weeds: Performance of YOLOv7 on a real case dataset from UAV images

I Gallo, AU Rehman, RH Dehkordi, N Landro… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Weeds are a crucial threat to agriculture, and in order to preserve crop productivity,
spreading agrochemicals is a common practice with a potential negative impact on the …

Agricultural harvesting robot concept design and system components: A review

MF Mail, JM Maja, M Marshall, M Cutulle, G Miller… - AgriEngineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
Develo** different robotic platforms for farm operations is vital to addressing the
increasing world population. A harvesting robot significantly increases a farm's productivity …

Performance evaluation of deep transfer learning on multi-class identification of common weed species in cotton production systems

D Chen, Y Lu, Z Li, S Young - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2022 - Elsevier
Precision weed management offers a promising solution for sustainable crop** systems
through the use of chemical-reduced/non-chemical robotic weeding techniques, which apply …

[HTML][HTML] Image patch-based deep learning approach for crop and weed recognition

ASMM Hasan, D Diepeveen, H Laga, MGK Jones… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate classification of weed species in crop plants plays a crucial role in precision
agriculture by enabling targeted treatment. Recent studies show that artificial intelligence …

[HTML][HTML] An end-effector for robotic cotton harvesting

H Gharakhani, JA Thomasson, Y Lu - Smart Agricultural Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cotton, a major crop worldwide, is harvested in mechanized production systems once at the
end of the growing season. To facilitate harvest and maximize fiber quality, the plants are …

Integration and preliminary evaluation of a robotic cotton harvester prototype

H Gharakhani, JA Thomasson, Y Lu - Computers and Electronics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cotton is conventionally harvested with large and costly harvesters once at the end of the
growing season. Fiber in the early-opened bolls is left on the plants till the end of the season …

Internet of things: Cotton harvesting and processing

RG Hardin IV, EM Barnes, CD Delhom… - … and Electronics in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cotton requires multiple processing steps to convert the raw agricultural products into
finished textiles. Genetic and environmental factors, crop management decisions, and …

Field test and evaluation of an innovative vision-guided robotic cotton harvester

H Gharakhani, JA Thomasson, Y Lu… - Computers and Electronics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Conventional cotton harvesters are efficient but heavy causing soil compaction. They
normally perform one harvesting pass, but since cotton bolls mature over two months, the …