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UAVs Meet Agentic AI: A Multidomain Survey of Autonomous Aerial Intelligence and Agentic UAVs
Ranjan Sapkota, Konstantinos I. Roumeliotis, Manoj Karkee
Agentic UAVs represent a new frontier in autonomous aerial intelligence, integrating perception, decision-making, memory, and collaborative planning to operate adaptively in comple…
A vision-based robotic system for precision pollination of apples
Uddhav Bhattarai, Ranjan Sapkota, Safal Kshetri +4
Global food production depends upon successful pollination, a process that relies on natural and managed pollinators. However, natural pollinators are declining due to factors such…
Robotic Pollination of Apples in Commercial Orchards
Ranjan Sapkota, Dawood Ahmed, Salik Ram Khanal +4
This research presents a novel, robotic pollination system designed for targeted pollination of apple flowers in modern fruiting wall orchards. Developed in response to the challen…
Machine Vision-Based Crop-Load Estimation Using YOLOv8
Dawood Ahmed, Ranjan Sapkota, Martin Churuvija +1
Labor shortages in fruit crop production have prompted the development of mechanized and automated machines as alternatives to labor-intensive orchard operations such as harvesting…
An autonomous robot for pruning modern, planar fruit trees
Alexander You, Nidhi Parayil, Josyula Gopala Krishna +7
Dormant pruning of fruit trees is an important task for maintaining tree health and ensuring high-quality fruit. Due to decreasing labor availability, pruning is a prime candidate…