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Machine Vision Systems in Precision Agriculture for Crop Farming.

Efthimia Mavridou¹, Eleni Vrochidou¹, George A Papakostas¹

¹Human-Machines Interaction Laboratory (HUMAIN-Lab), Department of Computer Science, International Hellenic University (IHU), 57001 Thermi, Greece.

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Machine vision is revolutionizing precision agriculture by enhancing crop farming tasks. This review guides researchers and practitioners in applying advanced machine vision for harvesting, plant health monitoring, and autonomous systems.

Keywords:

agrobots industry 4.0 intelligent systems machine vision precision agriculture

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Area of Science:

Agricultural Engineering
Computer Vision
Robotics

Background:

Precision agriculture leverages advanced technologies to optimize crop production.
Machine vision systems are increasingly integral to modern farming practices.
Recent advancements necessitate a consolidated review of machine vision applications in agriculture.

Purpose of the Study:

To comprehensively review recent machine vision applications in crop farming.
To provide a research guide for applying cognitive technologies in agriculture.
To cover diverse agricultural activities from harvesting to plant health monitoring.

Main Methods:

Literature review of recent research in machine vision for agriculture.
Categorization of studies based on agricultural activities (harvesting, monitoring, guidance, robotics).
Synthesis of findings on the effectiveness and challenges of machine vision techniques.

Main Results:

Machine vision is applied to fruit grading, counting, and yield estimation.
Effective methods for weed, insect, and disease detection using machine vision are presented.
Recent progress in machine vision for vehicle guidance and harvesting robots is highlighted.

Conclusions:

Machine vision offers significant potential for improving efficiency and sustainability in crop farming.
Further research is needed to integrate these technologies into practical agricultural operations.
This review serves as a valuable resource for advancing machine vision in agriculture.