Actuators and sensors for application in agricultural robots: A review

D Xie, L Chen, L Liu, L Chen, H Wang - Machines, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, with the rapid development of science and technology, agricultural robots
have gradually begun to replace humans, to complete various agricultural operations …

Research progress of autonomous navigation technology for multi-agricultural scenes

B Xie, Y Jin, M Faheem, W Gao, J Liu, H Jiang… - … and Electronics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the increasing demand for food, the global shortage of agricultural labor and the
reduction in the utilization of agricultural resources, the demand for agricultural autonomous …

Row detection BASED navigation and guidance for agricultural robots and autonomous vehicles in row-crop fields: methods and applications

J Shi, Y Bai, Z Diao, J Zhou, X Yao, B Zhang - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Crop row detection is one of the foundational and pivotal technologies of agricultural robots
and autonomous vehicles for navigation, guidance, path planning, and automated farming in …

Automated detection of Crop-Row lines and measurement of maize width for boom spraying

X Zhang, Q Wang, X Wang, H Li, J He, C Lu… - … and Electronics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Crop-row line detection is key to realizing the accurate spraying of crops; however, it is
challenging because of uneven lighting, weeds, and missing plants within rows. In this …

Fusing vegetation index and ridge segmentation for robust vision based autonomous navigation of agricultural robots in vegetable farms

S Wang, D Su, Y Jiang, Y Tan, Y Qiao, S Yang… - … and Electronics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Vision based autonomous navigation is widely used for agricultural robots. However, factors
such as large area of weed, discontinuous crop rows, and differences in ambient lighting …

Efficient extraction of corn rows in diverse scenarios: A grid-based selection method for intelligent classification

L Quan, Z Guo, L Huang, Y Xue, D Sun, T Chen… - … and Electronics in …, 2024 - Elsevier
In various complex field environments, machine learning-based crop row detection faces
challenges like rigidity and low adaptability. To address this issue, we integrated deep …

A curved path extraction method using RGB-D multimodal data for single-edge guided navigation in irregularly shaped fields

C Li, Y Pan, D Li, J Fan, B Li, Y Zhao, J Wang - Expert Systems with …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the undulating topography, the world contains numerous irregularly shaped small
fields. Autonomous navigation along the curved edges of these fields is crucial for achieving …

Research on Real-Time Detection of Maize Seedling Navigation Line Based on Improved YOLOv5s Lightweighting Technology

H Gong, X Wang, W Zhuang - Agriculture, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study focuses on real-time detection of maize crop rows using deep learning
technology to meet the needs of autonomous navigation for weed removal during the maize …

Monocular 3D lane detection for Autonomous Driving: Recent Achievements, Challenges, and Outlooks

F Ma, W Qi, G Zhao, L Zheng, S Wang, M Liu - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
3D lane detection plays a crucial role in autonomous driving by extracting structural and
traffic information from the road in 3D space to assist the self-driving car in rational, safe, and …

Toward autonomous mobile robot navigation in early-stage crop growth

LA Emmi, J Herrera-Diaz, P Gonzalez-de-Santos - 2022 - digital.csic.es
This paper presents a general procedure for enabling autonomous row following in crops
during early-stage growth, without relying on absolute localization systems. A model based …