Agricultural Vehicle Robot

Noboru Noguchi

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JRM Vol.30 No.2 pp. 165-172

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2018.p0165

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Agricultural Vehicle Robot

Noboru Noguchi

Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University
Kita 9 Nishi 9, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan

Received:

January 16, 2018

Accepted:

January 18, 2018

Published:

April 20, 2018

Keywords:

unmanned agricultural machineries, navigation sensors, safety sensor, precision agriculture

Abstract

With the intensive application of techniques in global positioning, machine vision, image processing, sensor integration, and computing-based algorithms, vehicle automation is one of the most pragmatic branches of precision agriculture, and has evolved from a concept to be in existence worldwide. This paper addresses the application of robot vehicles in agriculture using new technologies.

Multi-robot system comprising four robot tractors

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N. Noguchi, “Agricultural Vehicle Robot,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.30 No.2, pp. 165-172, 2018.

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