Research and development in agricultural robotics: A perspective of digital farming

RR Shamshiri, C Weltzien, IA Hameed, IJ Yule… - 2018 - ntnuopen.ntnu.no
Digital farming is the practice of modern technologies such as sensors, robotics, and data
analysis for shifting from tedious operations to continuously automated processes. This …

Actuators and sensors for application in agricultural robots: A review

D Xie, L Chen, L Liu, L Chen, H Wang - Machines, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, with the rapid development of science and technology, agricultural robots
have gradually begun to replace humans, to complete various agricultural operations …

[HTML][HTML] 3D global mapping of large-scale unstructured orchard integrating eye-in-hand stereo vision and SLAM

M Chen, Y Tang, X Zou, Z Huang, H Zhou… - … and Electronics in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Large-scale, high-accuracy, and adaptive three-dimensional (3D) perception are
the basic technical requirements for constructing a practical and stable fruit-picking robot …

Comparison of backpack, handheld, under-canopy UAV, and above-canopy UAV laser scanning for field reference data collection in boreal forests

E Hyyppä, X Yu, H Kaartinen, T Hakala, A Kukko… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this work, we compared six emerging mobile laser scanning (MLS) technologies for field
reference data collection at the individual tree level in boreal forest conditions. The systems …

Sloam: Semantic lidar odometry and mapping for forest inventory

SW Chen, GV Nardari, ES Lee, C Qu… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter describes an end-to-end pipeline for tree diameter estimation based on semantic
segmentation and lidar odometry and mapping. Accurate mapping of this type of …

Lidar boosts 3D ecological observations and modelings: A review and perspective

Q Guo, Y Su, T Hu, H Guan, S Jin… - … and Remote Sensing …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The advent of lidar has revolutionized the way we observe and measure vegetation structure
from the ground and from above and represents a major advance toward the quantification …

Localization and mapping for robots in agriculture and forestry: A survey

AS Aguiar, FN Dos Santos, JB Cunha, H Sobreira… - Robotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Research and development of autonomous mobile robotic solutions that can perform
several active agricultural tasks (pruning, harvesting, mowing) have been growing. Robots …

[HTML][HTML] Under-canopy UAV laser scanning for accurate forest field measurements

E Hyyppä, J Hyyppä, T Hakala, A Kukko… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Surveying and robotic technologies are converging, offering great potential for robotic-
assisted data collection and support for labour intensive surveying activities. From a forest …

Mobile 3D scan LiDAR: A literature review

F Di Stefano, S Chiappini, A Gorreja… - … , natural hazards and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper, by critically reviewing different years (from 2010 to 2020) of research activities
performed with Mobile Laser Scanning system, aims to review existing systems and how …

Close-Range Remote Sensing of Forests: The state of the art, challenges, and opportunities for systems and data acquisitions

X Liang, A Kukko, I Balenović… - … and remote sensing …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Remote sensing-based forest investigation and monitoring have become more affordable
and applicable in the past few decades. The current bottleneck limiting practical use of the …