TY - GEN
T1 - Design of an advanced prototype robot for white asparagus harvesting
AU - Chatzimichali, Anna P.
AU - Georgilas, Ioannis P.
AU - Tourassis, Vassilios D.
PY - 2009/11/4
Y1 - 2009/11/4
N2 - Agricultural workplaces are a prototypical example of unstructured and variant environments, offering a novel challenge to robotic research and automation. In this paper, a robot prototype is presented for white asparagus harvesting. White asparagus is a rather delicate vegetable with unique cultivation characteristics, which is exceptionally tiring and laborious to collect and requires specialized workers for harvesting. In this paper, we propose an integrated robotic system able to move in the field, identify white asparagus stems and collect them without damaging them. We highlight the design decisions for every module of the harvester and outline the overall architecture of the system.
AB - Agricultural workplaces are a prototypical example of unstructured and variant environments, offering a novel challenge to robotic research and automation. In this paper, a robot prototype is presented for white asparagus harvesting. White asparagus is a rather delicate vegetable with unique cultivation characteristics, which is exceptionally tiring and laborious to collect and requires specialized workers for harvesting. In this paper, we propose an integrated robotic system able to move in the field, identify white asparagus stems and collect them without damaging them. We highlight the design decisions for every module of the harvester and outline the overall architecture of the system.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70350447635&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/AIM.2009.5229897
DO - 10.1109/AIM.2009.5229897
M3 - Chapter in a published conference proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:70350447635
SN - 9781424428533
T3 - IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM
SP - 887
EP - 892
BT - 2009 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2009
T2 - 2009 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2009
Y2 - 14 July 2009 through 17 July 2009
ER -