TY - CHAP AU - Baohua Zhang AU - Jun Zhou ED - Jun Zhou ED - Baohua Zhang Y1 - 2018-11-06 PY - 2018 T1 - Introductory Chapter: Recent Development and Applications of Agricultural Robots N2 - Over the past few decades, extensive research has been conducted on the applications of agricultural robots and automation to a variety of field and greenhouse operations, and technical fundamentals and their feasibility have also been widely demonstrated. Due to the unstructured environment, adverse interference and complicated and diversified operation process are the key of blocking its commercialization in robotic agricultural operations. Because of the development of automation techniques, smart sensors, and information techniques, some types of agricultural robots have achieved considerable success in recent years. This book intends to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art in agricultural robots, fundamentals, and applications in robotic agricultural operations. BT - Agricultural Robots SP - Ch. 1 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.81149 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.81149 SN - 978-1-78984-934-9 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-24 ER -