Abstract
Remote sensing by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is changing the way agriculture operates by increasing the spatial-temporal resolution of data collection. Micro-UAVs have the potential to further improve and enrich the data collected by operating close to the crops, enabling the collection of higher spatio-temporal resolution data. In this paper, we present a UAV-mounted measurement system that utilizes a laser scanner to compute crop heights, a critical indicator of crop health. The system filters, transforms, and analyzes the cluttered range data in real-time to determine the distance to the ground and to the top of the crops. We assess the system in an indoor testbed and in a corn field. Our findings indicate that despite the dense canopy and highly variable sensor readings, we can precisely fly over crops and measure its height to within 5cm of measurements gathered using current measurement technology.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | IROS 2014 Conference Digest - IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Pages | 4805-4812 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781479969340 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 31 2014 |
Event | 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2014 - Chicago, United States Duration: Sep 14 2014 → Sep 18 2014 |
Publication series
Name | IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems |
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ISSN (Print) | 2153-0858 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2153-0866 |
Other
Other | 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2014 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Chicago |
Period | 9/14/14 → 9/18/14 |
Bibliographical note
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