Agricultural robotics for field operations

S Fountas, N Mylonas, I Malounas, E Rodias… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Modern agriculture is related to a revolution that occurred in a large group of technologies
(eg, informatics, sensors, navigation) within the last decades. In crop production systems …

Safety and ergonomics in human-robot interactive agricultural operations

L Benos, A Bechar, D Bochtis - Biosystems Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Concepts and aspects of optimal design for human-robot collaborative
systems.•Methods for safe physical interactions between human and robots in …

Mobile robotics in agricultural operations: A narrative review on planning aspects

V Moysiadis, N Tsolakis, D Katikaridis, CG Sørensen… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The advent of mobile robots in agriculture has signaled a digital transformation with new
automation technologies optimize a range of labor-intensive, resources-demanding, and …

Navigation and control development for a four-wheel-steered mobile orchard robot using model-based design

S Raikwar, J Fehrmann, T Herlitzius - Computers and Electronics in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Autonomous agricultural robots play an essential role in agricultural mechanization. Self-
reliable navigation of these robots is a challenging task. Generally, Global Navigation …

Agros: A robot operating system based emulation tool for agricultural robotics

N Tsolakis, D Bechtsis, D Bochtis - Agronomy, 2019 - mdpi.com
This research aims to develop a farm management emulation tool that enables agrifood
producers to effectively introduce advanced digital technologies, like intelligent and …

Semantic segmentation and path planning for orchards based on UAV images

Q Sun, R Zhang, L Chen, L Zhang, H Zhang… - … and Electronics in …, 2022 - Elsevier
A new semantic segmentation network, Space Atrous Depthwise Network (SADNet), was
proposed to segment orchard unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images. In SADNet, a …

Robotic platform for horticulture: assessment methodology and increasing the level of autonomy

A Kutyrev, N Kiktev, M Jewiarz, D Khort, I Smirnov… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The relevance of the study is confirmed by the rapid development of automation in
agriculture, in particular, horticulture; the lack of methodological developments to assess the …

[HTML][HTML] Economic and Environmental Benefits of Digital Agricultural Technologies in Crop Production: A review

G Papadopoulos, S Arduini, H Uyar, V Psiroukis… - Smart Agricultural …, 2024 - Elsevier
This comprehensive review delved into the economic and environmental benefits of Digital
Agricultural Technologies (DATs) in crop production, synthesising data from 136 peer …

Optimisation of agricultural routing planning in field logistics with Evolutionary Hybrid Neighbourhood Search

A Utamima, T Reiners, AH Ansaripoor - Biosystems Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•The optimisation of agricultural routing planning can improve field operation.•The
collection of field data from previous studies is valuable as datasets.•A new hybrid algorithm …

Planning the sequence of tasks for harvesting robots

P Kurtser, Y Edan - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2020 - Elsevier
A methodology for planning the sequence of tasks for a harvesting robot is presented. The
fruit targets are situated at unknown locations and must be detected by the robot through a …