Automatic guidance of agricultural vehicles using a laser sensor

This paper presents a method of automatic guidance of an agricultural vehicle in a structured environment (windrow harvester) or an iterative structured environment (combine harvester) using a laser sensor. The sensor parameters are estimated using a correlation based approach. A filter is incorpora...

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Published in:Computers and electronics in agriculture 2000-09, Vol.28 (3), p.243-257
Main Authors: Chateau, T., Debain, C., Collange, F., Trassoudaine, L., Alizon, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural machinery and engineering
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Automatic guidance
Biological and medical sciences
Combine harvester
Computer Science
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Generalities. Biometrics, experimentation. Remote sensing
Laser sensor
Windrow harvester
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Summary:This paper presents a method of automatic guidance of an agricultural vehicle in a structured environment (windrow harvester) or an iterative structured environment (combine harvester) using a laser sensor. The sensor parameters are estimated using a correlation based approach. A filter is incorporated so as to limit the perturbations caused by dust. The robustness of the guidance system can be increased by computing a reliability criterion from the estimate model. Vegetation volume and height are calculated and can be applied to control the vehicle velocity.
ISSN:0168-1699
1872-7107
DOI:10.1016/S0168-1699(00)00130-7