Field Robotics and Agriengineering
A special issue of AgriEngineering (ISSN 2624-7402).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 594
Special Issue Editors
Interests: AI; autonomous systems; robotics
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Interests: precision agriculture; wireless sensors; IoT; digital agriculture; system analysis and control; agricultural modeling and simulation; agricultural robotics; greenhouse automation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Field robotics are autonomous systems that can work in harsh and unstructured outdoor environments such as underwater, in mines, in forests, and on farms. Field robotics are designed to assist or replace humans performing tasks that are repetitive, difficult, or dangerous. In agriculture, field robotics are used in, among other things, crop nurseries, planting, seeding, harvesting, and material handling. For the robot to operate safely and efficiently, it is required to apply advanced control algorithms, localization and mapping, machine vision, obstacle avoidance, and situational awareness. This Special Issue seeks to investigate the latest developments and applications of field robotics in agriculture or any unmanned system, robot, drone, underwater, etc. It discusses different aspects of the sense, think, act paradigm, including the applications of innovative sensors, communication protocols, simulation software, robot operating system (ROS), artificial intelligence, deep learning, and optimization in areas and applications of unmanned systems.
Prof. Ibrahim A. Hameed
Dr. Redmond R. Shamshiri
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Field robotics
- Drones
- Unmanned systems (UAS)
- Underwater Robots
- Fusion
- Navigation
- Control
- Mapping
- Artificial Intelligence
- Deep learning
- Expert Systems
- Computer and machine vision
- Robot operating system (ROS)
- Simulation software
- Visual servo control
- Autonomous tractors
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