Feeding the growing global population requires an annual increase in food production. This
requirement suggests an increase in the use of pesticides, which represents an …

Agriculture 5.0 refers to the next phase of agricultural development, building upon the
previous digital revolution in the agrarian sector and aiming to transform the agricultural …

New technologies are required for safe, site-specific and efficient control of weeds,
pathogens and insects in agricultural crops and in forestry. The development and use of …

Modern agriculture is related to a revolution that occurred in a large group of technologies
(eg, informatics, sensors, navigation) within the last decades. In crop production systems …

The presence of robots in agriculture has grown significantly in recent years, overcoming
some of the challenges and complications of this field. This chapter aims to collect a …

Agriculture is the backbone of society as it mainly functions to provide food, feed and fiber on
which all human depends to live. Precision agriculture is implemented with a goal to apply …

Pesticide spraying is one of the risky and very essential task in agriculture to protect plants
from harmful organisms. Many farmers are used manual pesticide spraying devices that they …

A robotic platform for mapping of weed populations in fields was used to demonstrate
intelligent concepts for autonomous vehicles in agriculture which may eventually result in a …

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This review investigates the research effort, developments and innovation in agricultural
robots for field operations, and the associated concepts, principles, limitations and gaps …