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A visual navigation algorithm for paddy field weeding robot based on image understanding

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张琴 (Qin Zhang)
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Mengxi Chen
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李彬 (Bin Li) *
DOI:10.1016/j.compag.2017.09.008delete
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Navigation system and its navigation algorithm are the crucial parts for intelligent paddy field weeding robot. The environments of paddy fields are complicated in South China. The colors of weed, duckweed and cyanobacteria, which grow in paddy fields, are very similar with rice seedlings. Moreover, the rice seedlings present various morphological features during the growth progress. Therefore, how to extract the guidance lines for navigation system and weeding robot presents various challenges. In order to deal with the above mentioned problems, a navigation method for weeding robot based on SUSAN (smallest univalue segment assimilating nucleus) corner and improved sequential clustering algorithm is proposed in this paper. Firstly, gray feature in paddy field image is extracted by using the adaptive graying algorithm. Secondly, the SUSAN corners are extracted as characteristic points. Thirdly, the seedling navigation line is detected by applying the improved sequential clustering algorithm and Hough Transform. Finally, the position error and angle error are calculated, and a fuzzy controller is designed to control the robot. Experimental results show desirable performances of the proposed method. The proposed segmentation method is effective in complicated environment. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords:
Visual navigation
Paddy field
Weeding robot
Image understanding
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Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
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south china university of technology
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