Human-robot interaction strategies in agriculture
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Vásconez-Hurtado, Juan PabloAbstract
Currently, the robotics area is capable of solving a wide variety of problems, being able to automate certain processes that usually take place in controlled and well-structured environments, and considering well-established tasks. Agriculture is one of the areas that most urgently require robotic solutions to increase its production. However, the agricultural area is challenging, and the path to fully autonomous solutions is still a long path. T...
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Currently, the robotics area is capable of solving a wide variety of problems, being able to automate certain processes that usually take place in controlled and well-structured environments, and considering well-established tasks. Agriculture is one of the areas that most urgently require robotic solutions to increase its production. However, the agricultural area is challenging, and the path to fully autonomous solutions is still a long path. This is mainly because agricultural processes demand that robots be able to work in complex and unstructured environments, as well as having the ability to understand human needs in order to support them. In this context, human-robot interaction strategies (HRI) emerge as a technological solution capable of combining the advantages and skills of humans and robots by allowing them to collaborate in a shared workspace. This can help reduce human workload, increase the efficiency of agricultural processes, increase safety, improve decision-making, optimize farm management, among others. In this thesis, a detailed study of the advances made to date in the area of HRI in agriculture is presented, as well as its benefits and future challenges. Additionally, a fruit counting system based on artificial intelligence is introduced, which can improve decision-making and farm management. Finally, three HRI approaches are proposed to improve agricultural processes: artificial vision system to detect human activity in the field, social navigation and non-verbal collaboration strategies, and a vehicle safety system based on the monitoring of human cognitive factors.
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Ingeniería y Tecnología > Ingeniería Eléctrica, Ingeniería Electrónica, Informática > Robótica y Sistemas de Control AutomáticoDate de publicación
2020Academic guide
Auat-Cheein, Fernando
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