title: Non invasive moisture measurement in agricultural fiel using a rolling spherical robot
creator: Hernández Vega, Juan David
creator: Sanz Muñoz, David
creator: Barrientos Diez, Jorge
creator: Pereira Valente, Joao Ricardo
creator: Cerro Giner, Jaime del
creator: Barrientos Cruz, Antonio
subject: Robotics and Industrial Computing
description: Irrigation management in large crop fields is a very important practice. Since the farm management costs and the crop results are directly connected with the environmental moisture, water control optimization is a critical factor for agricultural practices, as well as for the planet sustainability. Usually, the crop humidity is measured through the water stress index (WSI), using imagery acquired from satellites or airplanes. Nevertheless, these tools have a significant cost, lack from availability, and dependability from the weather. Other alternative is to recover to ground tools, such as ground vehicles and even static base stations. However, they have an outstanding impact in the farming process, since they can damage the cultivation and require more human effort. As a possible solution to these issues, a rolling ground robot have been designed and developed, enabling non-invasive measurements within crop fields. This paper addresses the spherical robot system applied to intra-crop moisture measurements. Furthermore, some experiments were carried out in an early stage corn field in order to build a geo-referenced WSI map.
publisher: E.T.S.I. Industriales (UPM)
rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
date: 2012
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject
type: Presentation at Congress or Conference
source: First International Conference on Robotics and associated High-technologies and Equipment for Agriculture (RHEA 2012) | First International Conference on Robotics and associated High-technologies and Equipment for Agriculture (RHEA 2012) | 19/09/2012 - 21/09/2012 | Pisa, Italy
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: eng
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
identifier: https://oa.upm.es/19204/