Conference Proceeding

Automated Leaf-Level Inspection of Crops Combining UAV and UGV Robots

F. Esser, E. Marks, F. Magistri, J. Weyler, S. Bultmann, T. Zaenker, A. Ahmadi, H. Kuhlmann, C. McCool, M. Popović, C. Stachniss, S. Behnke, M. Bennewitz, L. Klingbeil

Automated Leaf-Level Inspection of Crops Combining UAV and UGV Robots

Using areal and ground-based robotics systems is one possible component on the way to more sustainable crop production. In this work, we show, how a combination of a UAV and ground robot

can be used to automate the process of single plant and even leaf-level

inspection of crops in the field, as the farmer usually does manually by

physically going to the plants. The work integrates UAV-based plant and weed mapping, UGV path planning and execution, viewpoint planning and control of a robot-mounted arm with a multi-camera head, as well as high-resolution 3D reconstruction.

European Robotics Forum (ERF)

2025

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