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Design and Construction of Unmanned Ground Vehicles for Sub-canopy Plant Phenotyping

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High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping

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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.

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This work is supported by the Delaware Biosciences Center for Advanced Technology Entrepreneurial Proof of Concept Grant.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

    Adam Stager & Herbert G. Tanner

  2. TRIC Robotics LLC, Newark, DE, USA

    Adam Stager

  3. Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

    Erin Sparks

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  1. Arkansas Biosciences Institute, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, USA

    Argelia Lorence

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Stager, A., Tanner, H.G., Sparks, E. (2022). Design and Construction of Unmanned Ground Vehicles for Sub-canopy Plant Phenotyping. In: Lorence, A., Medina Jimenez, K. (eds) High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2539. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2537-8_16

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