Robotics and automation for improving agriculture.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Billingsley, J. (John), editor.

Series:

Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; no 44.

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science ; no 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 327 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : Burleigh Dodds Science pu, , 2019.

Summary:

This book provides a comprehensive review of key advances in the use of robots in agriculture. Chapters summarise developments in location and guidance systems, GPS technologies, machine vision, navigation, actuation, communication and control technologies. The second part of the book discusses deploying these techniques to save labour, improve precision, speed and efficiency in agricultural operations. Chapters review the state of the art on the use of agricultural robots in planting, crop monitoring, spraying, irrigation and weed management. There are also reviews of orchard management and harvesting, harvesting of soft fruit and in-field grading of harvested produce. Other chapters cover the application of robotics in the livestock sector.

Contents:

Part 1. Technologies

1. An overview of machine vision technologies for agricultural robots and automation / John Billingsley

2. Advances in actuation and control in agricultural robots / Pal Johan From and Lars Grimstad 3. Advances in communication systems in agricultural robots / Christopher Wiegman, Santosh Pitla and Scott Shearer

4. Human-robot collaboration in agricultural robots / Yael Edan

5. Global positioning systems (GPS) for agriculture / an overview / John Billingsley

Part 2. Applications

6. The use of agricultural robots in crop spraying/fertilizer applications / Ron Berenstein

7. The use of intelligent/autonomous systems in crop irrigation / Stefano Carpin ; Ken Goldberg ; Stavros Vougioukas; Ron Berenstein and Josh Viers

8. The use of agricultural robots in weed management and control / Brian Steward ; Jingyao Gai and Lie Tang

9. The use of agricultural robots in orchard management / Qin Zhang ; Manoj Karkee and Amy Tabb

10. Advances in automated in-field grading of harvested crops / Jose Blasco, Maria Gyomar Gonzalez Gonzalez, Patricia Chueca and Sergio Cubero

11. Advances in using robots in forestry operations / Ola Lindroos and Omar Mendoza-Trejo, Pedro La Hera and Daniel Ortiz Morales

12. Advances in robotic milking / Marcia Endres and Jim Salfer

13. Advances in automating meat processing operations / Ai-Ping Hu.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-78676-275-7

0-429-26673-1

1-78676-274-9

9780429266737

OCLC:

1107875220