Agricultural robots for field operations: Concepts and components

A Bechar, C Vigneault - Biosystems Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
This review investigates the research effort, developments and innovation in agricultural
robots for field operations, and the associated concepts, principles, limitations and gaps …

Agricultural machinery automatic navigation technology

Z Yao, C Zhao, T Zhang - Iscience, 2024 - cell.com
In this paper, we review, compare, and analyze previous studies on agricultural machinery
automatic navigation and path planning technologies. First, the paper introduces the …

[HTML][HTML] A kalman filter implementation for precision improvement in low-cost GPS positioning of tractors

J Gomez-Gil, R Ruiz-Gonzalez, S Alonso-Garcia… - Sensors, 2013 - mdpi.com
Low-cost GPS receivers provide geodetic positioning information using the NMEA protocol,
usually with eight digits for latitude and nine digits for longitude. When these geodetic …

Merge fuzzy visual servoing and GPS-based planning to obtain a proper navigation behavior for a small crop-inspection robot

JM Bengochea-Guevara, J Conesa-Muñoz, D Andújar… - Sensors, 2016 - mdpi.com
The concept of precision agriculture, which proposes farming management adapted to crop
variability, has emerged in recent years. To effectively implement precision agriculture, data …

Path-tracking simulation and field tests for an auto-guidance tillage tractor for a paddy field

XZ Han, HJ Kim, JY Kim, SY Yi, HC Moon… - … and Electronics in …, 2015 - Elsevier
The application of an auto-guided tractor to rice cultivation in Korean paddy fields may be
limited by tire slippage and headland turning due to wet soil conditions and the use of small …

Design and field testing of a polygonal paddy infield path planner for unmanned tillage operations

X Han, HJ Kim, CW Jeon, HC Moon, JH Kim… - … and electronics in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Path commands, obtained through a traveling route strategy for auto-steering control in a
test field, are essential for the operation of an autonomous tractor from a given starting point …

Precision of tractor operations with soil cultivation implements using manual and automatic steering modes

AJ Lipiński, P Markowski, S Lipiński, P Pyra - Biosystems Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Operating precision of a tractor in three steering modes was
evaluated.•Evaluated was the operating precision in manual and automatic steering …

Design and Experiment of a Breakpoint Continuous Spraying System for Automatic-Guidance Boom Sprayers

C Li, J Wu, X Pan, H Dou, X Zhao, Y Gao, S Yang… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Repeated and missed spraying are common problems during the working of boom sprayers,
especially in the breakpoint continuous process. Therefore, the present study investigated a …

Distributed multi-level supervision to effectively monitor the operations of a fleet of autonomous vehicles in agricultural tasks

J Conesa-Muñoz, M Gonzalez-de-Soto… - Sensors, 2015 - mdpi.com
This paper describes a supervisor system for monitoring the operation of automated
agricultural vehicles. The system analyses all of the information provided by the sensors and …

[HTML][HTML] Vibration-based monitoring of agro-industrial machinery using a k-Nearest Neighbors (kNN) classifier with a Harmony Search (HS) frequency selector …

FJ Gomez-Gil, V Martínez-Martínez… - … and Electronics in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Monitoring the status of rotating components is important in modern machinery. The goal of
this study is to evaluate the feasibility of using a k-Nearest Neighbors (kNN) classifier …