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Aim of workshop Th e
Agrobotics 2004 workshop aims at bringing together research groups
belonging to the robotics and the agricultural engineering research
communities, encourage exchange of information, and promote closer
contact and cooperation between the communities. The workshop will
also give an overview of current developments in advanced robotics for
agriculture.
The workshop is sponsored by
DaNet (Danish
Agricultural Network in Engineering and Technology).
Background
Small autonomous robotic vehicles are likely to be a component in
future sustainable agriculture. We can expect to see robots performing
agricultural operations autonomously such as spraying and mechanical
weed control, allowing farmers to reduce the environmental impact,
increase precision and efficiency, and manage individual plants in
novel ways. The agricultural domain represents specific challenges due
to the interaction between robots and the dynamic biological
environment.
Topics include, but are not
limited to
Mobile robotics; Multi-robot systems; Sensing and
algorithms for navigation, guidance, control; Computational hardware
and software systems in robotics; Component based software design;
Software tools; Software architectures; Robot fault detection and
isolation; Task planning and monitoring, Sensor Fusion;
Venue
Scandic Bygholm Park
Horsens, Denmark
Accommodation and travel expenses of invited
speakers will be reimbursed.
Key Dates
Final program October 25, 2004
Abstracts November 1, 2004
Registration November 3, 2004
Workshop November 11, 2004
Programme (tentative)
| 9.30 |
Registration – coffee |
| 10.00 |
The Agrobotics Project -
Thomas Bak, Danish Agricultural Sciences |
| 10.30 |
Phytotechnology: A New Mechanisation System for
the Information Age, Simon Blackmore, KVL |
| 11.00 |
Survey of Architectures and Frameworks for
Autonomous Agents, Piotr Makowski, Aalborg University |
| 11.30 |
ORCA - A
framework for developing component-based robotic systems,
Anders Orebäck, CAS/CVAP/NADA, Swedish Royal Institute of
Technology |
| 12.00 |
Lunch |
| 13.10 |
The API System Architecture Revisited,
Anders Ravn, Aalborg University |
| 13.40 |
A Method to Define Agricultural Robot Behaviours,
Simon Blackmore, KVL |
| 14.10 |
Towards
analysis of safety and availability of autonomous robots using
graph based tools, Mogens Blanke and Torsten Lorentzen,
Technical University of Denmark |
| 14.40 |
Software/harware Testbed for a Mobile Robot, Matthias
Sørensen, Aalborg University |
| 15.10 |
Coffee |
| 15.50 |
Behaviour
based robots for the agricultural domain, Rasmus Jørgensen,
Danish Agricultural Sciences |
| 16.20 |
Vision Based
Obstacle Detection, Michael Boelstoft Holte, Casper Madsen,
Thomas Lund Dideriksen, Aalborg University |
| 16.50 |
On-line
recognition of sugar beet plants using image processing, Maria Johansson, Halmstad University |
| 17.20 |
Round-up |
| 18.00 |
Dinner |
Presentations
| The Agrobotics Project -
Thomas Bak, Danish Agricultural Sciences |
| Phytotechnology: A New Mechanisation System for
the Information Age, Simon Blackmore, KVL |
| Survey of Architectures and Frameworks for
Autonomous Agents, Piotr Makowski, Aalborg University |
|
ORCA - A
framework for developing component-based robotic systems,
Anders Orebäck, CAS/CVAP/NADA, Swedish Royal Institute of
Technology |
| The API System Architecture Revisited,
Anders Ravn, Aalborg University |
| A Method to Define Agricultural Robot Behaviours,
Simon Blackmore, KVL |
| Towards
analysis of safety and availability of autonomous robots using
graph based tools, Mogens Blanke and Torsten Lorentzen,
Technical University of Denmark |
| Software/harware Testbed for a Mobile Robot, Matthias
Sørensen, Aalborg University |
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Behaviour
based robots for the agricultural domain, Rasmus Jørgensen,
Danish Agricultural Sciences |
| Vision Based
Obstacle Detection, Michael Boelstoft Holte, Casper Madsen,
Thomas Lund Dideriksen, Aalborg University |
| On-line
recognition of sugar beet plants using image processing, Maria Johansson, Halmstad University |
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