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Fusion of Robotics, AI, and Thermal Imaging Technologies for Intelligent Precision Agriculture Systems.

Omar Shalash, Ahmed Emad, Fares Fathy, Abdallah Alzogby, Mohamed Sallam, Eslam Naser, Mohamed El-Sayed, Esraa Khatab

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Omar ShalashArtificial Intelligence Research Center (AIRC), College of Engineering and Information Technology, Ajman University, Ajman P.O. Box 346, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-7613-2064
Ahmed EmadCollege of Artificial Intelligence, Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport, Alamein 51718, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0005-8011-9064
Fares FathyCollege of Artificial Intelligence, Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport, Alamein 51718, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0009-0178-3995
Abdallah AlzogbyCollege of Artificial Intelligence, Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport, Alamein 51718, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0001-5325-4632
Mohamed SallamCollege of Artificial Intelligence, Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport, Alamein 51718, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0004-3280-5396
Eslam NaserCollege of Artificial Intelligence, Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport, Alamein 51718, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0004-7898-6508
Mohamed El-SayedCollege of Artificial Intelligence, Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime Transport, Alamein 51718, Egypt.
Esraa KhatabSchool of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot Watt University, Dubai P.O. Box 501745, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-8006-7699

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The world population is expected to grow to over 10 billion by 2050 and therefore impose further stress on food production. Precision agriculture has become the main approach used to enhance productivity with sustainability in agricultural production. This paper conducts a technical review of how robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and thermal imaging (TI) technologies transform precision agriculture operations, focusing on sensing, automation, and farm decision making. Agricultural robots promote labor solutions and efficiency by utilizing their sensing devices and kinematics in planting, spraying, and harvesting. Through accurate assessment of pests/diseases and quality assurance of the harvested crops, AI and TI bring efficiency to the crop monitoring sector. Different deep learning models are employed for plant disease diagnosis and resource management, namely the VGG16 model, InceptionV3, and MobileNet; the PlantVillage, PlantDoc, and FieldPlant datasets are used respectively. To reduce crop losses, AI-TI integration enables early recognition of fluctuations caused by pests or diseases, allowing control and mitigation in good time. While the issues of cost and environmental variability (illumination, canopy moisture, and microclimate instability) are taken into consideration, the advancement in artificial intelligence, robotics technology, and combined technologies will offer sustainable solutions to the existing gaps.

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AgricultureArtificial IntelligenceRoboticsCrops, AgriculturalDeep LearningHumansartificial intelligenceprecision agricultureroboticssensingthermal imaging

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PMID41305053
PMCPMC12656285

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