Millard, A., Ravikanna, R., Groß, R. orcid.org/0000-0003-1826-1375 et al. (1 more author) (2019) Towards a swarm robotic system for autonomous cereal harvesting. In: Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, 20th Annual Conference, TAROS 2019. 20th Annual Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems (TAROS), 03-05 Jul 2019, London, UK. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (11650). Springer , pp. 458-461.
Abstract
Swarm robotics is an emerging technology that has the potential to revolutionise precision agriculture by coordinating fleets of small autonomous vehicles to minimise soil damage, increase farming resolution, lower the cost of automation, and provide solutions that are intrinsically safer and more sustainable than large monolithic systems. Here, we propose a novel swarm robotic system for autonomous harvesting of cereal crops such as wheat and barley. In contrast to existing agricultural swarm robotic systems, we intend to use small autonomous versions of traditional agricultural vehicles, in an attempt to narrow the skills gap for future end-users.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019. This is an author-produced version of a paper accepted for publication in Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 30 Apr 2019 15:03 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2020 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer |
Series Name: | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/978-3-030-25332-5_40 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:145448 |