Title :
Robotized Plant Probing: Leaf Segmentation Utilizing Time-of-Flight Data
Author :
Alenya, Guillem ; Dellen, Babette ; Foix, S. ; Torras, Carme
Author_Institution :
UPC, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
Supervision of long-lasting extensive botanic experiments is a promising robotic application that some recent technological advances have made feasible. Plant modeling for this application has strong demands, particularly in what concerns three-dimensional (3-D) information gathering and speed.
Keywords :
biology computing; botany; image segmentation; robot vision; solid modelling; 3D information gathering; leaf segmentation; long-lasting extensive botanic experiment supervision; plant modeling; robotic application; robotized plant probing; three-dimensional information gathering; time-of-flight data; Botany; Cameras; Image segmentation; Modeling; Plants; Robot vision systems; Surface fitting;
Journal_Title :
Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MRA.2012.2230118
