Automated Leaf-Level Inspection of Crops Combining {UAV} and {UGV} Robots
Using areal and ground-based robotics systems is one possible component on the way to more sustainable crop production. In this work, we show, how a combination of a {UAV} and ground robot can be used to automate the process of single plant and even leaf-level inspection of crops in the field, as the farmer usually does manually by physically going to the plants. The work integrates {UAV}-based plant and weed mapping, {UGV} path planning and execution, viewpoint planning and control of a robot-mounted arm with a multi-camera head, as well as high-resolution 3D reconstruction.
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European Robotics Forum 2025 - Type:
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- Year:
2025
Citation information
: Automated Leaf-Level Inspection of Crops Combining {UAV} and {UGV} Robots, European Robotics Forum 2025, 2025, 35--41, Springer Nature Switzerland, Esser.etal.2025a,
@Inproceedings{Esser.etal.2025a,
author={Esser, Felix; Marks, Elias; Magistri, Federico; Weyler, Jan; Bultmann, Simon; Zaenker, Tobias; Ahmadi, Alireza; Schreiber, Michael; Kuhlmann, Heiner; McCool, Chris; Popović, Marija; Stachniss, Cyrill; Behnke, Sven; Bennewitz, Maren; Klingbeil, Lasse},
title={Automated Leaf-Level Inspection of Crops Combining {UAV} and {UGV} Robots},
booktitle={European Robotics Forum 2025},
pages={35--41},
publisher={Springer Nature Switzerland},
year={2025},
abstract={Using areal and ground-based robotics systems is one possible component on the way to more sustainable crop production. In this work, we show, how a combination of a {UAV} and ground robot can be used to automate the process of single plant and even leaf-level inspection of crops in the field, as the farmer usually does manually by physically going to the plants. The work integrates {UAV}-based...}}
