Highlights•Nowadays, robotics as machinery for planting or harvesting is solved in different
countries.•However, harvest of crops like fruits and vegetables is still manually …

Human society cannot afford the luxury of the business-as-usual approach when dealing
with the emerging challenges of the 21st century. The challenges of food production to meet …

Introduction: Small mobile robots have become increasingly popular in the construction
domain over the last few years. They are stable on rough terrains, can walk over small …

Introduction: The field of artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly expanding, with many
applications seen routinely in health care, industry, and education, and increasingly in …

This book covers three main types of agricultural systems: the use of robotics, drones
(unmanned aerial vehicles), and satellite-guided precision farming methods. Some of these …

Agricultural drones are expected to revolutionize the way we conduct agronomic procedures
and maintain natural vegetation on earth. This book explores the increasing importance of …

This book investigates how drone warfare is deeply gendered and how this can be explored
through the methodological framework of 'Haunting'. Utilising original interview data from …

For more than a decade, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been used on construction
job sites for a variety of purposes including structural inspection, and 3D mapping of the site …

This volume responds to the growing interest in adopting aerial robots (UAVs, or drones) for
agricultural crop production, which are revolutionizing farming methods worldwide. The …

Unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are remotely-operated robotic agents that can safely
deploy and maneuver on the surface of bodies of water. Although, there is an established …