From Innovation to Field Adoption: Sensing and Robotic Systems in Smart Agriculture
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensors and Robotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2026 | Viewed by 74
Special Issue Editors
Interests: artificial intelligence and robotics; smart agriculture; hyperspectral sensing; pattern recognition; robot perception; SLAM
Interests: smart manufacturing; precision agriculture
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Interests: mobile robotics; SLAM
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Smart Agriculture, or Precision Farming, aims to integrate advanced technologies into agricultural processes that are already highly refined and optimized. A significant challenge slowing the adoption of new technologies is that novel sensors and robotic systems must prove their value and field-effectiveness without disrupting this optimization. Agriculture requires cutting-edge, field-proven technologies that respect the holistic process of food production.
This Special Issue invites contributions on novel sensing systems, robotic applications, and data-driven technologies that directly address this challenge. We aim to collect works that bridge the gap between technological innovation and the practical, economic, and operational demands of the agricultural industry.
We strongly encourage submissions covering new sensor technologies, data-driven and AI-based processing (including edge devices), sensor fusion, autonomous navigation, and robotic systems that demonstrate a clear focus on real-world effectiveness, scalability, and adoptability.
Topics for this issue could relate to, but are not limited to, the following:
- Agricultural Robotics
- Intelligent Sensing Systems
- Robotic Perception
- Multi-Sensor Fusion
- Autonomous Agricultural Vehicles
- AI for Precision Agriculture
- Edge Computing for Agriculture
- Agricultural Remote Sensing
- Smart Soil and Crop Monitoring
- Agricultural Technology Adoption
Dr. Thomas A. Ciarfuglia
Dr. Francesco Leotta
Prof. Dr. Giorgio Grisetti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agricultural robotics
- intelligent sensing systems
- robotic perception
- multi-sensor fusion
- autonomous agricultural vehicles
- AI for precision agriculture
- edge computing for agriculture
- agricultural remote sensing
- smart soil and crop monitoring
- agricultural technology adoption
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