Agricultural robots : mechanisms and practice / edited by Naoshi Kondo, Mitsuji Monta and Noboru Noguchi

Published: Sakyo-ku, Kyoto : Kyoto University Press ; Melbourne, Vic., Australia : Trans Pacific Press, 2011.
Edition: English ed.
Physical Description: xii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Additional Creators: Kondō, Naoshi, 1960-, Monta, Mitsuji, 1961-, and Noguchi, Noboru

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Machine generated contents note: 1.Mechanisms of Agricultural Machinery and Emerging Agri-Robots -- 1.1.Emerging agri-robots -- 1.2.Tilling machines -- 1.3.Fertilizer distributors (manure, powder, granule, and liquid fertilizers) -- 1.4.Seeders (broadcast, drill, hill-drop) -- 1.5.Rice transplanters -- 1.6.Vegetable transplanters -- 1.7.Cultivators -- 1.8.Chemical sprayers -- 1.9.Grain harvesters -- 1.10.Vegetable and fruit harvesters -- 1.11.Grading and preprocessing machines -- 1.12.Forage crop harvesters -- 1.13.Milking machines -- 1.14.Carriers (power cart, monorail) -- 2.Agri-Vision -- 2.1.Underground sensing -- 2.2.Chrysanthemum cutting sticking -- 2.3.Carnation and geranium cutting sticking -- 2.4.Crop space weeding -- 2.5.Crop row recognition -- 2.6.External recognition by laser scanner -- 2.7.Tomato and cherry tomato harvesting -- 2.8.Cherry tomato and strawberry harvesting -- 2.9.Eggplant harvesting -- 2.10.Cucumber harvesting -- 2.11.Cabbage harvesting -- 2.12.Orange grading -- 2.13.Acid citrus grading -- 2.14.Peach grading -- 2.15.Pear grading -- 2.16.Apple grading -- 2.17.Persimmon grading -- 2.18.Tropical fruit grading -- 2.19.Grape cluster grading -- 2.20.Tomato grading -- 2.21.Eggplant grading -- 2.22.Cucumber grading -- 2.23.Sweet pepper grading -- 2.24.Potato and onion grading -- 2.25.Asparagus grading -- 2.26.Leek preprocessing and grading -- 2.27.Cabbage preprocessing and large fruit grading -- 2.28.Chrysanthemum cut flower grading -- 2.29.Wood inspection -- 2.30.Animal product, forest product and marine product inspection and processing -- 2.31.Cattle monitoring -- 2.32.Applications of Terahertz imaging -- 2.33.Applications of Hyperspectral imaging (AOTF) -- 2.34.Applications of remote sensing -- 3.End-Effectors and Arms of Agri-Robots -- 3.1.Seedling transplanting -- 3.2.Chrysanthemum cutting sticking -- 3.3.Grafting -- 3.4.Pruning -- 3.5.Grape bagging -- 3.6.Grape berry-thinning -- 3.7.Grape harvesting -- 3.8.Orange and apple harvesting -- 3.9.Strawberry harvesting (annual hill culture) -- 3.10.Strawberry harvesting (table top culture) -- 3.11.Tomato harvesting -- 3.12.Cherry tomato harvesting -- 3.13.Eggplant harvesting -- 3.14.Cucumber harvesting and defoliation -- 3.15.Lettuce harvesting -- 3.16.Cabbage harvesting -- 3.17.Watermelon harvesting -- 3.18.Heavy material handling -- 3.19.Mushroom harvesting -- 3.20.Fruit grading -- 3.21.Binding agricultural products -- 3.22.Wool shearing -- 3.23.Milking -- 3.24.Plant factory -- 3.25.Processed food handling -- 4.Vehicle Automation -- 4.1.Drive-by-wire -- 4.2.Operation support systems for farm vehicles -- 4.3.Automatic guidance system - 1 (GDS) -- 4.4.Automatic guidance system - 2 (GPS) -- 4.5.Automatic guidance system - 3 (vision) -- 4.6.Automatic following system -- 4.7.Management system for multiple combine operation -- 4.8.Robot tractor -- 4.9.Tillage robot -- 4.10.Rice-transplanting robot -- 4.11.Weeding robot for rice paddy field -- 4.12.Mobile mechanisms for greenhouse robots -- 4.13.Chemical spraying robots in greenhouses -- 4.14.Robots in orchards -- 4.15.Vision-based autonomous hay harvester -- 4.16.Lawn mowing robots -- 4.17.Fertilizing robot for steep slopes -- 4.18.Monorail systems -- 4.19.Gantry systems -- 4.20.Crawler type robot -- 4.21.Legged robots -- 4.22.Robot helicopters -- 4.23.Master-slave system -- 4.24.Tele-operated robots.

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ISBN

9781920901837
1920901833

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-341) and index.

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