Automated On-Tree Detection and Size Estimation of Pomegranates by a Farmer Robot

Authors: Rosa Pia Devanna, Francesco Vicino, Simone Pietro Garofalo, Gaetano Alessandro Vivaldi, Simone Pascuzzi, Giulio Reina, Annalisa Milella Abstract: Pomegranate (Punica granatum) fruit size estimation plays a crucial role in […]

Toward Digital Twin of Off-Road Vehicles Using Robot Simulation Frameworks

Authors: Arianna Rana, Antonio Petitti, Angelo Ugenti, Rocco Galati, Giulio Reina, Annalisa Milella Abstract: Digital twins provide a powerful tool for testing and maintaining products and processes in several application […]

Yield estimation in precision viticulture by combining deep segmentation and depth-based clustering

Authors: Pia Devanna Rosa, Reina, Gulio, Milella Annalisa,  Romeo Laura   Abstract: Grapevine phenotyping, that is the process of determining the physical properties (e.g., size, shape, and number) of grape bunches, […]

Boosting grape bunch detection in RGB-D images using zero-shot annotation with Segment Anything and GroundingDINO

Authors: Pia Devanna Rosa, Reina, Gulio, Auat Cheein Fernando, Milella Annalisa Abstract: Latest advances in artificial intelligence, particularly in object recognition and segmentation, provide unprece- dented opportunities for precision agriculture. […]

Advances on Affordable Hardware Platforms for Human Demonstration Acquisition in Agricultural Applications

This paper presents advances on the Universal Manipulation Interface (UMI) , a low-cost hand-held gripper for robot Learning from Demonstration (LfD), for complex in-the-wild scenarios found in agri- cultural settings. […]