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A real-time computer vision system has been implemented on a prototype field robotic harvester. Gray-level image processing algorithm and routines have been developed and integrated into a real-time pipeline system to locate melons in the field. 80% of fruits were successfully detected. Preliminary investigation of applying Infra-Red imaging to detect melons was performed.
This research was supported by Grant No. US-1682-89C from BARD, the United States-Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund.
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Dobrusin, Y., Edan, Y., Grinshpun, J., Peiper, U.M., Wolf, I., Hetzroni, A. (1993). Computer image analysis to locate targets for an agricultural robot. In: Chetverikov, D., Kropatsch, W.G. (eds) Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns. CAIP 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 719. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57233-3_107
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