Agricultural robots—system analysis and economic feasibility

Autor:	Søren Marcus Pedersen, B. S. Blackmore, Spyros Fountas, H. Have
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Engineering Robotic systems Systems analysis business.industry Agriculture Global Positioning System Robot Economic feasibility Kinematics General Agricultural and Biological Sciences business Industrial engineering Simulation
Zdroj:	Precision Agriculture. 7:295-308
ISSN:	1573-1618 1385-2256
DOI:	10.1007/s11119-006-9014-9
Popis:	This paper focuses on the economic feasibility of applying autonomous robotic vehicles compared to conventional systems in three different applications: robotic weeding in high value crops (particularly sugar beet), crop scouting in cereals and grass cutting on golf courses. The comparison was based on a systems analysis and an individual economic feasibility study for each of the three applications. The results showed that in all three scenarios, the robotic applications are more economically feasible than the conventional systems. The high cost of real time kinematics Global Positioning System (RTK-GPS) and the small capacity of the vehicles are the main parameters that increase the cost of the robotic systems.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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