Background. An increasing global population means resource utilisation and food security
remain the critical global challenges. Robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) have been …

Recent research argues that robots could replace workers in dangerous work environments
to reduce occupational injuries. However, robot development and usage in most developing …

In this work, we propose a route planning strategy for heterogeneous mobile robots in
Precision Agriculture (PA) settings. Given a set of agricultural tasks to be performed at …

The marketability and adoption of robotic systems in agriculture is largely limited by
economic and technology barriers that prevent highly efficient autonomous operations at a …

The use of autonomous vehicles in agriculture has increased in recent years. To fully
automate agricultural missions, particularly the tillage process using the walk-behind hand …

Mobile onboard target detection system with autonomous drone-assisted Internet of Things,
due to its inherent agility and coverage-effective deployment, is beneficial in city …

Smart and Precision Agriculture is nowadays already exploiting advanced drones and
machinery, but it is foreseen that in the near future more complex and intelligent applications …

Introduction This study addresses a critical gap in understanding how technological
advancements, specifically industrial robots, influence urban pollution emissions and public …

The protected cultivation system, an alternative to open field cultivation provides
opportunities such as year-round crop production and improved food security especially …

For sweep coverage in wireless sensor networks (WSNs), the freshness of data directly
affects the efficiency of task execution, and time is needed to continuously cover points of …