A survey of robotic harvesting systems and enabling technologies

L Droukas, Z Doulgeri, NL Tsakiridis… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2023 - Springer
This paper presents a comprehensive review of ground agricultural robotic systems and
applications with special focus on harvesting that span research and commercial products …

Design of a UGV powered by solar energy for precision agriculture

G Quaglia, C Visconte, LS Scimmi, M Melchiorre… - Robotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this paper, a novel UGV (unmanned ground vehicle) for precision agriculture, named
“Agri. q,” is presented. The Agri. q has a multiple degrees of freedom positioning mechanism …

Fruit classification utilizing a robotic gripper with integrated sensors and adaptive grasping

J Zhang, S Lai, H Yu, E Wang… - Mathematical Problems …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As the core component of agricultural robots, robotic grippers are widely used for plucking,
picking, and harvesting fruits and vegetables. Secure grasping is a severe challenge in …

Precision agriculture: Weather forecasting for future farming

KE Ukhurebor, CO Adetunji, OT Olugbemi… - Ai, edge and iot-based …, 2022 - Elsevier
Monitoring climate conditions has continuously gained much attention in recent times due to
the dynamism associated with weather across different agricultural jurisdictions. There are …

Kinematic modeling and motion planning of the mobile manipulator Agri. Q for precision agriculture

G Colucci, A Botta, L Tagliavini, P Cavallone, L Baglieri… - Machines, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the study of robotic systems for agriculture, a modern research field often
shortened as “precision agriculture”, has become highly relevant, especially for those …

Experimental investigation on traction, mobility, and energy usage of a tracked autonomous ground vehicle on a sloped soil bin

CM Badgujar, D Flippo, E Brokesh… - Journal of the …, 2022 - elibrary.asabe.org
Highlights Laying the groundwork for AGV mobility models for high slope terrain operations.
AGV drawbar pull performance was evaluated on a level terrain, uphill, and downhill slopes …

RIFIS: A novel rice field sidewalk detection dataset for walk-behind hand tractor

PN Crisnapati, D Maneetham - Data, 2022 - mdpi.com
Rice field sidewalk (RIFIS) identification plays a crucial role in enhancing the performance of
agricultural computer applications, especially for rice farming, by dividing the image into …

Design of a mechanism with embedded suspension to reconfigure the Agri_q locomotion layout

C Visconte, P Cavallone, L Carbonari, A Botta… - Robotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Agri_q is an electric unmanned ground vehicle specifically designed for precision
agriculture applications. Since it is expected to traverse on unstructured terrain, especially …

The agri. q mobile robot: Preliminary experimental tests

P Cavallone, A Botta, L Carbonari, C Visconte… - Advances in Italian …, 2021 - Springer
Precision agriculture is a management strategy aimed at enhancing the productivity,
profitability, and sustainability of agricultural production from incorporation of technological …

Agri. q: a sustainable rover for precision agriculture

G Quaglia, C Visconte, L Carbonari, A Botta… - … Energy Conversion in …, 2020 - Springer
In this paper, an innovative mobile and sustainable robot for precision agriculture, named
“Agri. q”, is presented. Characterized by a peculiar mechanical architecture and provided …