Design and Construction of Unmanned Ground Vehicles for Sub-Canopy Plant Phenotyping
This addresses the problem of inaccessible sub-canopy data collection for plant scientists, but it is incremental as it focuses on practical guidelines rather than new technological breakthroughs.
The paper tackles the challenge of designing and constructing unmanned ground vehicles for sub-canopy plant phenotyping by providing components and guidelines, enabling scientists unfamiliar with robotics to build autonomous robots for this application.
Unmanned ground vehicles can capture a sub-canopy perspective for plant phenotyping, but their design and construction can be a challenge for scientists unfamiliar with robotics. Here we describe the necessary components and provide guidelines for designing and constructing an autonomous ground robot that can be used for plant phenotyping.