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  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,375 Views
13 Pages

Autonomous Mower Management Systems Efficiency Improvement: Analysis of Greenspace Features and Planning Suggestions

  • Mino Sportelli,
  • Luisa Martelloni,
  • Aura Orlandi,
  • Michel Pirchio,
  • Marco Fontanelli,
  • Christian Frasconi,
  • Michele Raffaelli,
  • Andrea Peruzzi,
  • Salvatore Brunello Consorti and
  • Paolo Vernieri

Autonomous mowers are battery-powered machines designed to mow turfgrass autonomously and continuously improving turfgrass quality and helping the person who takes care of the turf to save time and energy. However, autonomous mowers work in a way tha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,536 Views
15 Pages

Assessment of the Effects of Autonomous Mowers on Plant Biodiversity in Urban Lawns

  • Lorenzo Gagliardi,
  • Marco Fontanelli,
  • Sofia Matilde Luglio,
  • Christian Frasconi,
  • Michele Raffaelli,
  • Andrea Peruzzi,
  • Lisa Caturegli,
  • Giuliano Sciusco,
  • Tommaso Federighi and
  • Marco Volterrani
  • + 1 author

Gaining information on the impact of lawn management with autonomous mowers on the floristic composition is crucial to improve their plant biodiversity. In this study, an autonomous mower with a reduced mowing frequency and a more sporadic mowing man...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,969 Views
25 Pages

Design and Control of a Climbing Robot for Autonomous Vertical Gardening

  • Marko Jamšek,
  • Gal Sajko,
  • Jurij Krpan and
  • Jan Babič

17 February 2024

This paper focuses on the development of a novel climbing robot that is designed for autonomous maintenance of vertical gardens in urban environments. The robot, designed with a unique five-legged structure, is equipped with a range of electrical and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
8,501 Views
27 Pages

Design and Implementation of an Urban Farming Robot

  • Michail Moraitis,
  • Konstantinos Vaiopoulos and
  • Athanasios T. Balafoutis

2 February 2022

Urban agriculture can be shortly defined as the growing of plants and/or the livestock husbandry in and around cities. Although it has been a common occupation for the urban population all along, recently there is a growing interest in it both from p...