Rhizomorph: The coordinated function of shoots and roots

B Li, J Klein, DL Michels, B Benes, S Pirk… - ACM Transactions on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Computer graphics has dedicated a considerable amount of effort to generating realistic
models of trees and plants. Many existing methods leverage procedural modeling …

A physically-inspired approach to the simulation of plant wilting

F Maggioli, J Klein, T Hädrich, E Rodolà… - SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Plants are among the most complex objects to be modeled in computer graphics. While a
large body of work is concerned with structural modeling and the dynamic reaction to …

Generating Diverse Agricultural Data for Vision-Based Farming Applications

M Cieslak, U Govindarajan, A Garcia… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - openaccess.thecvf.com
We present a specialized procedural model for generating synthetic agricultural scenes
focusing on soybean crops along with various weeds. The model simulates distinct growth …

Deep Aramaic: Towards a synthetic data paradigm enabling machine learning in epigraphy

AC Aioanei, RR Hunziker-Rodewald, KM Klein… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Epigraphy is witnessing a growing integration of artificial intelligence, notably through its
subfield of machine learning (ML), especially in tasks like extracting insights from ancient …

Improving Deep Learning Predictions with Simulated Images, and Vice Versa

NA Khan, M Cieslak, I McQuillan - arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.05128, 2024 - arxiv.org
Artificial neural networks are often used to identify features of crop plants. However, training
their models requires many annotated images, which can be expensive and time-consuming …

LAESI: Leaf Area Estimation with Synthetic Imagery

J Kałużny, Y Schreckenberg, K Cyganik… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We introduce LAESI, a Synthetic Leaf Dataset of 100,000 synthetic leaf images on millimeter
paper, each with semantic masks and surface area labels. This dataset provides a resource …

Gazebo Plants: Simulating Plant-Robot Interaction with Cosserat Rods

J Deng, S Marri, J Klein, W Pałubicki, S Pirk… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Robotic harvesting has the potential to positively impact agricultural productivity, reduce
costs, improve food quality, enhance sustainability, and to address labor shortage. In the …