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| Title | Automatic apple trees height estimation from digital elevation models (DEM) obtained from aerial surveys |
| Group | Information Technology Group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 24-39 |
| Supervisor(s) | João Valente |
| Examiner(s) | João Valente |
| Contact info | João Valente (joao.valente@wur.nl) |
| Begin date | 2020/05/01 |
| End date | 2024/08/31 |
| Description | Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) shipped with on-board sensors have become an effective remote sensing (RS) tool in agriculture and environmental studies. However, the full potential of those platforms has not been yet achieved. Working with UAV it’s an added valuable point for any professional who wishes to succeed in this competitive market. Herein, you will have the opportunity to work in a novel and ambitious project using small UAV for precision agriculture.
Keeping track of the apple trees height is an important task for fruit growers to control the tree growth. This task is often achieved manually by experienced professionals making it hard to achieve in a reasonable time and with a good accuracy. |
| Used skills | This thesis proposes the development of a machine vision algorithm that computes the orchards flower density variability that can be afterwards used for yield estimation. This thesis will be carry out within the follow steps: a) Review previous works about yield estimation in apple orchards; b) Algorithm design; c) Experiments in the already available dataset. |
| Requirements | UAV enthusiast, Willing for learning novel software and hardware tools, Excited to work in robotics
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