Robotic Platform for Horticulture: Assessment Methodology and Increasing the Level of Autonomy

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 22; no. 22; p. 8901
• Main Authors: Kutyrev, Alexey, Kiktev, Nikolay, Jewiarz, Marcin, Khort, Dmitriy, Smirnov, Igor, Zubina, Valeria, Hutsol, Taras, Tomasik, Marcin, Biliuk, Mykola
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 17.11.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Agricultural production; Agriculture; Automation; Autonomy; control system architecture; Control systems; Cost control; Crops; Data processing; Design and construction; Disease control; Efficiency; evaluation factors; experts; Field study; Fruits; Gardens & gardening; Harvest; Harvesting; Horticulture; Inertial navigation; Labor costs; Marriage; Productivity; Researchers; robot autonomy; Robotic Surgical Procedures - methods; Robotics; robotization of agriculture; Robots; Software; Task Performance and Analysis; Technology application; trajectory of movement; China; control system architecture; robot autonomy; robotization of agriculture; software module for route construction; experts; trajectory of movement; evaluation factors

The relevance of the study is confirmed by the rapid development of automation in agriculture, in particular, horticulture; the lack of methodological developments to assess the effectiveness of the introduction of robotic technologies; and the need to expand the functionality of mobile robots. The...