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Bio-Inspired Robots and Structures toward Fostering the Modernization of Agriculture

Maria Kondoyanni, Dimitrios Loukatos, Chrysanthos Maraveas, Christos Drosos, Konstantinos G. Arvanitis
2022 Biomimetics  
Future research and development should lead to low-cost FEA robotic grippers and FEA-tendon-driven grippers for crop harvesting.  ...  management.  ...  Acknowledgments: The authors would like to thank the personnel of the Dept. of Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering of the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece, for their technical  ... 
doi:10.3390/biomimetics7020069 pmid:35735585 pmcid:PMC9220914 fatcat:cmprpzsupzeopo3iy5kpoeu2ne

An Autonomous UAV for Pesticide Spraying

Kislaya Anand, Goutam R.
2019 International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development  
The paper presents combination of new approaches and technologies in modern-day agriculture.  ...  This is mainly because of the following two problems: 1) the autonomy of most existing UAV system is still very limited.  ...  It takes big amount of time and causes poor management decisions because of old data. That is why it is reasonable to use UAVs for such operations.  ... 
doi:10.31142/ijtsrd23161 fatcat:tu4oszc5wfhrbg5w76xim7c3ma

Geotechnical Management of Isolated Sustainable Alpine Communities

Petrit Imeraj, Maaruf Ali, Gent Imeraj
2022 Annals of Emerging Technologies in Computing  
The technology needed for the monitoring and geotechnical management of the isolated Alpine communities will be described.  ...  The need for integrating these scattered communities into a cohesive co-operating community for area sustainability is now possible by using the Internet to link them all onto an online system.  ...  Figure 6 shows a UAV flying low over an area to query the WSNs for data and check on their status.  ... 
doi:10.33166/aetic.2022.01.004 fatcat:3xrdpgv4hnbbfoa5pfnvjyvgmm

A feasibility study of self-heating concrete utilizing carbon nanofiber heating elements

Christiana Chang, Michelle Ho, Gangbing Song, Yi-Lung Mo, Hui Li
2009 Smart materials and structures (Print)  
Analysis of electric power consumption, heating rate, and obtainable concrete surface temperatures under typical power loads was performed to evaluate the viability of a large scale implementation of the  ...  for deicing of concrete roadways.  ...  Rolf Paradies and Paolo Abstract In this paper, a smart aggregate-based approach is proposed for the structural health monitoring of a concrete shear wall structure.  ... 
doi:10.1088/0964-1726/18/12/127001 fatcat:5vd3aylu2nbd3kcofruqb6dx5m

Advances in Plant Disease Detection and Monitoring: From Traditional Assays to In-Field Diagnostics

Ilaria Buja, Erika Sabella, Anna Grazia Monteduro, Maria Serena Chiriacò, Luigi De Bellis, Andrea Luvisi, Giuseppe Maruccio
2021 Sensors  
Pathogen-related food losses are today responsible for a reduction in quantity and quality of yield and decrease value and financial returns.  ...  In this framework, portable systems and interconnection with Internet of Things (IoT) play a pivotal role.  ...  Conflicts of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.  ... 
doi:10.3390/s21062129 pmid:33803614 fatcat:zoaoccwxh5fmtokkminzyqlizq

The Multiple Unmanned Air Vehicle Persistent Surveillance Problem: A Review

Nikhil Nigam
2014 Machines  
In particular, there has been a rising interest in control of multiple vehicles for reasons such as increase in system reliability, robustness, and efficiency, with a possible reduction in cost.  ...  Another aspect of the problem that has been investigated to a lesser extent is the design of the vehicles for particular missions.  ...  We also thank the authors of several papers cited here for all the clarifications required to understand their contributions. Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflict of interest.  ... 
doi:10.3390/machines2010013 fatcat:ydi6tcjbnvghbd4ywxghk7avbu

From Smart Farming towards Unmanned Farms: A New Mode of Agricultural Production

Tan Wang, Xianbao Xu, Cong Wang, Zhen Li, Daoliang Li
2021 Agriculture  
However, the number of people willing to engage in agricultural work is decreasing, causing a severe shortage of agricultural labor.  ...  We believe that this review will provide guidance for the development of unmanned farms and provide ideas for further investigation of these farms.  ...  (DJI) developed a UAV-based platform for plant protection, pest detection and data management.  ... 
doi:10.3390/agriculture11020145 fatcat:5x4zuy6pl5hotntcj2mjnuumwa

Robot-Assisted Risky Intervention, Search, Rescue and Environmental Surveillance

Maki K. Habib, Yvan Baudoin
2010 International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems  
This paper categorizes the source of disasters and associated missions, and highlights the needs for suitable and reliable technology and technical and functional requirements of robotic systems to fulfill  ...  In addition, it is necessary to overcome constrains on resources by developing innovative, cost effective and practical technology.  ...  Low maintenance, portable and low cost, o. Robot deployment should be fast with less logistical needs, p. The robot should be robust and tolerate noise and some level of technical failures.  ... 
doi:10.5772/7249 fatcat:gjukci4uz5b73nitnplgzx3arq

A State-of-the-Art Analysis of Obstacle Avoidance Methods from the Perspective of an Agricultural Sprayer UAV's Operation Scenario

Shibbir Ahmed, Baijing Qiu, Fiaz Ahmad, Chun-Wei Kong, Huang Xin
2021 Agronomy  
Nonetheless, autonomy is still a crucial limitation faced by the Internet of Things (IoT) UAV systems, especially when used as sprayer UAVs, where data needs to be captured and preprocessed for robust  ...  In this regard, this article seeks to review the most relevant developments on all correlated branches of the obstacle avoidance scenarios for agricultural sprayer UAVs, including a UAV sprayer's structural  ...  . • A simple approach for implementation • Easy to find the shorter edge of the obstacle • Local minima problem can cause process failure This method can use for finding the shorter avoidance direction  ... 
doi:10.3390/agronomy11061069 fatcat:ycb4qs4vqrcbdp6jlda2ifatmq

Designing Tools and Interfaces for Ecological Restoration: An Investigation into the Opportunities and Constraints for Technological Interventions

Aditi Maheshwari, Abhay Kumar Aggarwal, Andreea Danielescu
2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems  
We present a set of critical design considerations for building and deploying novel devices in natural and semi-natural ecosystems and discuss implications for future research.  ...  Using the 'e-seed', a biomimetic self-drilling interface as a 'research probe', we conducted a qualitative user study with 14 subject matter experts in areas like forestry and agriculture to understand  ...  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to Taylor Tabb for helping visualize the design concepts for the video preview, to Dr.  ... 
doi:10.1145/3491102.3517664 fatcat:giia2hnwl5dtji2vfwrz46wevy

Blockchain for Unmanned Underwater Drones: Research Issues, Challenges, Trends and Future Directions [article]

Neelu Jyoti Ahuja, Adarsh Kumar, Monika Thapliyal, Sarthika Dutt, Tanesh Kumar, Diego Augusto De Jesus Pacheco, Charalambos Konstantinou, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo
2022 arXiv   pre-print
The key limitations for effective integration of Blockchain in real-time integration in UUD applications, along with directions for future research have been presented.  ...  While drones can be explicitly programmed for specific missions, data security and privacy are crucial issues of serious concern.  ...  Counter measures are suggested. scenarios Pham et al. 2020 Formation control problem of multiple low-cost drones, is approached Focus is on coordination control for multi [52] through a leader follower  ... 
arXiv:2210.06540v1 fatcat:drxujo5v3vfnrfrkbgges32p5u

Bio-inspired compact swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles without communication and external localization

Pavel Petráček, Viktor Walter, Tomáš Báča, Martin Saska
2020 Bioinspiration & Biomimetics  
To the best of our knowledge, these experiments are the first deployment of decentralized bio-inspired compact swarms of UAV without the use of a communication network or shared absolute localization.  ...  Apart from simulated scenarios, the performance and usability of the entire framework is analyzed in several real-world experiments with a fully-decentralized swarm of UAV deployed in outdoor conditions  ...  The authors thank Daniel Heřt for preparing all the necessary equipment required for the experimental analysis.  ... 
doi:10.1088/1748-3190/abc6b3 pmid:33137792 fatcat:ng5yqqvyrje5la7tf7adquny2q

Mobiles Robots - Past Present and Future [chapter]

X.Q. Chen, Y.Q. Chen, J.G. Chase
2009 Mobile Robots - State of the Art in Land, Sea, Air, and Collaborative Missions  
The rapid reduction in both size and cost of integrated chips has raised a huge interest for scientists to create intelligent systems. This chapter provides an overview on mobile robotics.  ...  Functional model of generalized robots A generalised robot or robotic system possesses a set of functional parts similar to human beings.  ...  John Fleming for express ordering of newest reference books, and Christophe Tricaud and Mervin Chandrapal for their assistance in preparing this chapter.  ... 
doi:10.5772/6986 fatcat:gqj2zljhbbgrrh7zz5tmat2frm

Role of artificial intelligence in achieving global food security: a promising technology for future

R. M. S. R. Chamara, S. M. P. Senevirathne, S. A. I. L. N. Samarasinghe, M. W. R. C. Premasiri, K. H. C. Sandaruwani, D. M. N. N. Dissanayake, S. H. N. P. De Silva, W. M. T. P. Ariyaratne, B. Marambe
2020 Sri Lanka Journal of Food and Agriculture  
As a result, the need of a technological transformation is greater than ever before.  ...  Therefore, modern agriculture and food systems should be more productive in terms of output, efficient in operation, resilient to climate change and sustainable for the future generations.  ...  Perez et al. (2016) have developed a novel strategy for weed management through the combined use of UAVs, image processing and ML.  ... 
doi:10.4038/sljfa.v6i2.88 fatcat:itcfrlkh5vd4zn5njnyrs76j2y

A Survey on AI-Driven Digital Twins in Industry 4.0: Smart Manufacturing and Advanced Robotics

Ziqi Huang, Yang Shen, Jiayi Li, Marcel Fey, Christian Brecher
2021 Sensors  
A route for AI-integration in multiscale/fidelity DTs with multiscale/fidelity data sources in Industry 4.0 is outlined.  ...  As a digital replica of a physical entity, the basis of DT is the infrastructure and data, the core is the algorithm and model, and the application is the software and service.  ...  ., Fraunhofer IPT, as well as the Chair of Production Metrology and Quality Management, and Production Engineering of the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) for their permission  ... 
doi:10.3390/s21196340 pmid:34640660 pmcid:PMC8512418 fatcat:qy3qiazvqrejvfuixudd6ywqsq
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