Innovation in Agricultural Robotics for Precision Agriculture

This book provides a review of the state-of-the-art of agricultural robotics in different aspects of PA, the goals, and the gaps. The book introduces the area of Agricultural Robotics for Precision Agriculture (PA) specifically the conditions and limitations for implementing robots in this field and presents the concepts, principles, required abilities, components, characteristics and performance measures, conditions, and rules for robots in PA.

Unique work on agricultural robots Provides insight into technological advances in precision agriculture Highlights contact points between the precision agriculture scientists and the applied engineering communities Includes case studies, concepts, and challenges

Inhalt

Preface.- Chapter 1. Mobile robots: current advances and future perspectives.- chapter 2. Agricultural Robotics for Precision Agricultural tasks: Concepts and principles.- Chapter 3. Agricultural robotic sensors for crop and environmental modelling.-Chapter 4. Agricultural Robots for Precision Agricultural Tasks in Tree Fruit Orchards.-Chapter 5. Robotics for Precision Viticulture.-Chapter 6. Robotic spraying for precision crop protection.-Chapter 7. Multi-robot systems for precision agriculture.-Chapter 8. Emerging directions of Precision Agriculture and Agricultural robotics.