ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2024
Advancements in Agricultural Ground Robots for Specialty Crops: An Overview of Innovations, Challenges, and Prospects.
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- AI and IoT in Sugar Beet Systems: A Review of Monitoring, VOC Sensing, and Post-Harvest Applications.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Applications, Challenges, and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence in Crop Production.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Heterogeneous agricultural robots: a review of collaborative sensing and control, challenges and opportunities.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
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Abstract
Robotic technologies are affording opportunities to revolutionize the production of specialty crops (fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and horticulture). They offer the potential to automate tasks and save inputs such as labor, fertilizer, and pesticides. Specialty crops are well known for their high economic value and nutritional benefits, making their production particularly impactful. While previous review papers have discussed the evolution of agricultural robots in a general agricultural context, this review uniquely focuses on their application to specialty crops, a rapidly expanding area. Therefore, we aimed to develop a state-of-the-art review to scientifically contribute to the understanding of the following: (i) the primary areas of robots' application for specialty crops; (ii) the specific benefits they offer; (iii) their current limitations; and (iv) opportunities for future investigation. We formulated a comprehensive search strategy, leveraging Scopus
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