Recent Advancements in Agriculture Robots: Benefits and Challenges

In the development of digital agriculture, agricultural robots play a unique role and confer numerous advantages in farming production. From the invention of the first industrial robots in the 1950s, robots have begun to capture the attention of both research and industry. Thanks to the recent advancements in computer science, sensing, and control approaches, agricultural robots have experienced a rapid evolution, relying on various cutting-edge technologies for different application scenarios. Indeed, significant refinements have been achieved by integrating perception, decision-making, control, and execution techniques. However, most agricultural robots continue to require intelligence solutions, limiting…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China
• CP
  China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province