ECMR 2021 AgriWS: ECMR 2021 Workshop on Agricultural Robotics and Automation Virtual Bonn, Germany, August 31, 2021 |
Conference website | https://sites.google.com/view/ecmr21agriws |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecmr2021agriws |
Submission deadline | August 1, 2021 |
With the world population projected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050, changes in crop production using new technologies and artificial intelligence will play a key role in meeting rising food demands and improving environmental sustainability. Recent years have seen impressive advances in the area of agricultural robotics: robots are increasingly being used in applications such as crop phenotyping and monitoring, weed control, fruit picking, targeted spraying of pesticides and fertilisers, and more. These exciting scenarios incite new challenges for research and innovation in different robotic fields, including perception, motion planning and control, manipulation, learning, and decision-making, which must be tackled to improve the capabilities of autonomous systems in challenging farm environments, both in outdoor field and glasshouse conditions. A key aspect of research problems in autonomy for agricultural robots is their interdisciplinary nature that spans both robotics and agricultural sciences.
This workshop focuses on recent advances in agricultural robotics and automation. The objective is to bring together researchers and practitioners to share ideas and approaches enabling robotic systems in agriculture. The workshop will offer an overview of the state-of-the-art through a series of invited and contributed talks, and discussions among participants will be encouraged to exchange knowledge, brainstorm new ideas, and envision the future of this field. In particular, emphasis will be placed on fostering the link between robotic platforms and domain-specific knowledge from plant sciences for real-world applications.
Submission Guidelines
Researchers in agricultural robotics are encouraged to submit contributions to the conference. To participate, please submit a 1 page poster (PDF file). The top of the poster should include the title of the contribution, authors names, and contact information. The main body should include a clear statement of the contribution, brief description of the methodology, results and discussion section, using images and figures as appropriate.
List of Topics
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UAV-based remote sensing and crop monitoring
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Machine vision and deep learning for precision agriculture
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Mobile manipulation
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Sensing in precision agriculture
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Aerial and ground robotic platforms for agricultural applications
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Long-term autonomy and navigation
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Multi-robot coordination and applications
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User interfaces and human-robot interaction for end users
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Adaptive sampling and informative planning
Organisers
- Dr. Marija Popović, Cluster of Excellence "PhenoRob", Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn, mpopovic@uni-bonn.de
- Nived Chebrolu, Oxford Robotics Institute, University of Oxford, nived@robots.ox.ac.uk
- Federico Magistri, Cluster of Excellence "PhenoRob", Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn, federico.magistri@uni-bonn.de
Venue
The conference will be held online.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to Dr. Marija Popović (mpopovic@uni-bonn.de).