eprintid: 19204
rev_number: 14
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1903
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datestamp: 2014-01-26 14:21:25
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creators_name: Hernández Vega, Juan David
creators_name: Sanz Muñoz, David
creators_name: Barrientos Diez, Jorge
creators_name: Pereira Valente, Joao Ricardo
creators_name: Cerro Giner, Jaime del
creators_name: Barrientos Cruz, Antonio
title: Non invasive moisture measurement in agricultural fiel using a rolling spherical robot
ispublished: pub
subjects: robotica
keywords: Crops, precision-agriculture, sphere, humidity
abstract: 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.
date: 2012
date_type: published
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
pagerange: 229-234
pages: 6
event_title: First International Conference on Robotics and associated High-technologies and Equipment for Agriculture (RHEA 2012)
event_location: Pisa, Italy
event_dates: 19/09/2012 - 21/09/2012
event_type: conference
institution: Industriales
department: otro
refereed: TRUE
book_title: First International Conference on Robotics and associated High-technologies and Equipment for Agriculture (RHEA 2012)
rights: by-nc-nd
citation:   Hernández Vega, Juan David and Sanz Muñoz, David and Barrientos Diez, Jorge and Pereira Valente, Joao Ricardo and Cerro Giner, Jaime del and Barrientos Cruz, Antonio  (2012).  Non invasive moisture measurement in agricultural fiel using a rolling spherical robot.  In: "First International Conference on Robotics and associated High-technologies and Equipment for Agriculture (RHEA 2012)", 19/09/2012 - 21/09/2012, Pisa, Italy. pp. 229-234.    
document_url: https://oa.upm.es/19204/1/INVE_MEM_2012_114557.pdf