Toward elevated agrobotics: Development of a scaled-down prototype for visually guided date palm tree sprayer

Amir Shapiro, Eran Korkidi, and Amnon Demri Department of Mechanical Engineering Ohad Ben-Shahar Department of Computer Science Raziel Riemer and Yael Edan Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Ben-Gurion University of the Negev P. O. Box 653 Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel e-mail: ashapiro@bgu.ac.il, korkidi@bgu.ac.il, thedemri@gmail.com, Ben-shahar@cs.bgu.ac.il, rriemer@bgu.ac.il, yael@bgu.ac.il

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