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AGRONOMY-BASEL
Volume 13, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy13071780
Keywords
crop row detection; navigation and guidance; machine vision; precision farming; agricultural robots; smart agriculture
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Crop row detection is a challenging task in the field of agricultural robotics and autonomous vehicles due to the complex and dynamic agricultural environment. This paper provides a comprehensive review of methods and applications related to crop row detection for agricultural machinery navigation. It focuses on improving the perception and detection capabilities of sensors and systems used for crop row detection. The advantages, disadvantages, and applications of various crop row detection methods are discussed and summarized.
Crop row detection is one of the foundational and pivotal technologies of agricultural robots and autonomous vehicles for navigation, guidance, path planning, and automated farming in row crop fields. However, due to a complex and dynamic agricultural environment, crop row detection remains a challenging task. The surrounding background, such as weeds, trees, and stones, can interfere with crop appearance and increase the difficulty of detection. The detection accuracy of crop rows is also impacted by different growth stages, environmental conditions, curves, and occlusion. Therefore, appropriate sensors and multiple adaptable models are required to achieve high-precision crop row detection. This paper presents a comprehensive review of the methods and applications related to crop row detection for agricultural machinery navigation. Particular attention has been paid to the sensors and systems used for crop row detection to improve their perception and detection capabilities. The advantages and disadvantages of current mainstream crop row detection methods, including various traditional methods and deep learning frameworks, are also discussed and summarized. Additionally, the applications for different crop row detection tasks, including irrigation, harvesting, weeding, and spraying, in various agricultural scenarios, such as dryland, the paddy field, orchard, and greenhouse, are reported.
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