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An Integrated Visual Servoing Framework for Precise Robotic Pruning Operations in Modern Commercial Orchard
Dawood Ahmed, Basit Muhammad Imran, Martin Churuvija +1
This study presents a vision-guided robotic control system for automated fruit tree pruning applications. Traditional pruning practices are labor-intensive and limit agricultural e…
Immature Green Apple Detection and Sizing in Commercial Orchards using YOLOv8 and Shape Fitting Techniques
Ranjan Sapkota, Dawood Ahmed, Martin Churuvija +1
Detecting and estimating size of apples during the early stages of growth is crucial for predicting yield, pest management, and making informed decisions related to crop-load manag…
Comparing YOLOv8 and Mask R-CNN for instance segmentation in complex orchard environments
Ranjan Sapkota, Dawood Ahmed, Manoj Karkee
Instance segmentation is an important image processing operation for agricultural automation, providing precise delineation of individual objects within images and enabling tasks s…
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…
Machine Vision System for Early-stage Apple Flowers and Flower Clusters Detection for Precision Thinning and Pollination
Salik Ram Khanal, Ranjan Sapkota, Dawood Ahmed +2
Early-stage identification of fruit flowers that are in both opened and unopened condition in an orchard environment is significant information to perform crop load management oper…
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…