Collaboration with other groups
The GRAP has collaborated and collaborates with the following groups and centers in several activities:
Research group:
Laboratorio de Agricutlura de Precisao
Contact: José Paulo Molin (director), André F. Colaço
Object of collaboration:
Co-direction of the Ph.D. thesis of doctor André F. Colaço entitled Mobile terrestrial laser scanner for site-specific management in orange crop.
Duration:
2013 - present
Results of the collaboration:
The collaboration has lead to the Ph.D. achievement, mutual visits, communications to conferences and scientific publications.
Ph.D. thesi:
Mobile terrestrial laser scanner for site-specific management in orange crop
Communications in conferences:
Orange tree canopy volume estimation by manual and LiDAR-based methods - 11th ECPA 2017. Edinburgh (UK).
Spatial variability of canopy volume in a commercial citrus grove - 13th ICPA 2016. St. Louis, Missouri (USA).
Keynote: Agricultura de Precisao para culturas perenes tem sido mais proativa - ConBAP 2016. Goiania, Goiás (Brasil).
Scientific publications:
A Method to Obtain Orange Crop Geometry Information Using a Mobile Terrestrial Laser Scanner and 3D Modeling
Application of light detection and ranging and ultrasonic sensors to high-throughput phenotyping and precision horticulture: current status and challenges
Research group:
Instituto Agronómico Mediterráneo de Zaragoza / Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza
Contact: Ignacio Romagosa (director)
Object of collaboration:
Design and implementation of the international course Use of sensors in Precision Agriculture.
Duration:
2015 - 2016
Results of the collaboration:
Course scheduled by March 2016 with the participation of international experts and various members of the GRAP.
Research group:
Fruitcentre - Efficient use of water. Institut de Recerca en Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA)
Contact: Josep Rufat
Object of collaboration:
Disseny de tècniques sensorials per a la caracterització de la vegetació.
Duration:
2013 - actualitat
Results of the collaboration:
Comunications in conferences:
Obtaining and mapping relevant characteristics of olive trees canopies using a georeferenced multi-echo mobile terrestrial laser scanner (MTLS)
Research group:
Autonomous and Industrial Robotics Research Group (GRAI), Advanced Center of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (AC3E), Department of Electronic Engineering, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile
Contact: Fernando Auat Cheein
Object of collaboration:
Design of sensing techniques to characterize vegetation and application of robotics in agriculture.
Duration:
2013 - present
Results of the collaboration:
Scientific publication:
Advances in Structured Light Sensors Applications in Precision Agriculture and Livestock Farming. 2015.
Real-time approaches for characterization of fully and partially scanned canopies in groves. 2015.
Algebraic path tracking to aid the manual harvesting of olives using an automated service unit. 2016.
Classifying Agricultural Terrain for Machinery Traversability Purposes. 2016.
Flexible system of multiple RGB-D sensors for measuring and classifying in agri-food industry. 2017.
Terrain classification using ToF sensors for the enhancement of agricultural machinery traversability. 2018.
Mechatronic terrestrial LiDAR for canopy porosity and crown surface estimation. 2018.
Research group:
Department of Applied Mathematics of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos
Contact: Valeriano Méndez/Heliodoro Catalán
Object of collaboration:
Development of algorithms to reconstruct trees out of 3D point clouds.
Duration:
2011 - present
Results of the collaboration:
Scientific publications:
SIMLIDAR- Simulation of LIDAR performance in artificially simulated orchards. 2011.
LiDAR simulation in modelled orchards to optimise the use of terrestrial laser scanners and derived vegetative measures. 2012.
Deciduous tree reconstruction algorithm based on cylinder fitting from mobile terrestrial laser scanned point clouds. 2013.
Multi-tree woody structure reconstruction from mobile terrestrial laser scanner point clouds based on a dual neighbourhood connectivity graph algorithm. 2016.
Research group:
Contact: César Fernández-Quintanilla/José Dorado
Object of collaboration:
Design of sensing techniques to detect weed using ultrasonic and lidar sensors.
Duration:
2009 - present
Results of the collaboration:
Scientific publication:
Weed discrimination using ultrasonic sensors. 2011.
Potential of a terrestrial LiDAR-based system to characterise weed vegetation in maize crops. 2013.
Discriminating Crop, Weeds and Soil Surface with a Terrestrial LIDAR Sensor. 2013.
Dissemination publication:
Utilización de sensores de ultrasonidos para discriminar malas hierbas en cultivos de maíz. 2012.
Patent concedida:
Sistema y método para la aplicación de herbicida. 2013.
Research group:
Remote Sensing Laboratory (RSLab) - Optical Remote Sensing. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Contact: Francesc Rocadembosch
Object of collaboration:
Design and development of a elastic microlidar for agricultural and forest applications. The microlidar application consists of mesuring the drift during plant protection products applications (Optical Remote Sensing).
Duration:
2008 - present
Results of the collaboration:
Scientific publication:
LIDAR as an alternative to passive collector to measure pesticide spray drift. 2014.
Research group:
Centro de Agroingeniería - Institut Valencià d'Investigacions Agràries (IVIA)
Contact: Enrique Moltó
Object of collaboration:
Colaboración en varios proyectos de investigación coordinados.
Duration:
2002 - actualidad
Results of the collaboration:
4 coordinated research projects from Plan Estatal de I+D+i (public Spanish fundings)
1 joint scientific publications (visit the section Scientific publications)
3 joint magazine publications (visit the section Popular publications)
Research group:
Departament d'Enginyeria Rural i Agroalimentària - Universitat Politècnica de Valènvia (UPV)
Contact: Luís Val
Object of collaboration:
Colaboración en varios proyectos de investigación coordinados.
Duration:
2002 - 2013
Results of the collaboration:
3 coordinated research projects from Plan Estatal de I+D+i (public Spanish fundings)
3 joint scientific publications (visit the section Scientific publications)
2 joint magazine publications (visit the section Popular publications)
Research group:
Unitat de Mecanització Agrària (UMA) - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Contact: Emilio Gil
Object of collaboration:
Colaboración en varios proyectos de investigación coordinados.
Duration:
2002 - actualidad
Results of the collaboration:
4 coordinated research projects from Plan Estatal de I+D+i (public Spanish fundings)
9 joint scientific publications (visit the section Scientific publications)
7 joint magazine publications (visit the section Popular publications)