Automation

    Technology for

       Off-road Equipment

Kyodai-Kaikan , Kyoto, Japan

October 7-8, 2004

(Precedes 2004 CIGR International Conference, Beijing, China)

 

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ATOE 2004 Conference

Index
| Officers | Session Plans 7 Oct 04 | Session Plans 8 Oct 04 |
|
Keynote: Mobile Intelligent Equipment for Off-road Environments |
| Sensors for Navigation I | Biorobotic Technologies |
| Special Lecture: Wireless LAN and RTK Machine Controls on an Iowa Grain Farm| Sensors for Navigation II |
| Automated Implementation Functions | Sensors for Navigation III | Remote Sensing and Controls |
| Vehicle Navigation Analyses | Sensors for Bioproduction | Navigation Controls I | Information Systems I |
|
Navigation Controls II | Information Systems II | Navigation Controls III | Information Systems III |
| Off-Road Automatiion Technology in European Agriculture |
| Official Travel Agency | Registration | Accommodation | Application and Payment |
| Deadline for Fee and Hotel | Registration Form |
| Hotel and Transportation Information | Ground Transportation |


Officers

Conference Chair
Dr.
Mikio Umeda, Professor
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan

E-mail: umeda@elam.kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Past Conference Chair

Dr. JohnReid, Manager
John Deere Technology Center

Moline, USA

E-mail: ReidJohnF@JohnDeere.com

Program Chair
Dr.
Noboru Noguchi, Professor
Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan

E-mail: noguchi@bpe.agr.hokudai.ac.jp

Proceedings Chair
Dr. Qin Zhang, Associate Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, USA

E-mail: qinzhang@uiuc.edu

 

Secretary
Dr.
Michihisa Iida Associate Professor
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan

E-mail: iida@elam.kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp

 

 

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Session Plans

 

Time

7-Oct-04

8-Oct-04

8:30

 

Parallel Session 7:
Navigation
Analyses

Parallel Session 8:
Sensor for

Bioproduction

9:00

Opening Ceremony

 

Keynote Lecture(Dr. J. F. Reid)

 

Break

Break

 

Parallel Session 1:
Sensors for
Navigation I

Parallel Session 2:
Biorobotic
Technologies

Parallel Session 9:
Navigation
Controls I

Parallel Session 10:

Information
Systems I

 

 

12:00

Lunch

Lunchon Presentation (11:40-13:00)

 

13:00

Special Lecture (Mr. C. Mitchell)

Parallel Session 11

Navigation
Controls II

Parallel Session 12:

Information

Systems II

 

Parallel Session 3:
Sensors for
Navigation II

Parallel Session 4:
Automated
Machinery Functions

 

 

Break

 

Break

Parallel Session 13:

Navigation

Controls III

Parallel Session 14:

Information

Systems III

 

Parallel Session 5:
Sensors for
Navigation III

Parallel Session 6:
Remote Sensing
and Controls

 

 

Keynote Lecture

(Prof.   H. Auernhammer)

17:00

 

Closing Ceremony

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thursday, October 7

 

 

9:00 am

OPENING

 

 

9:15 am

KEYNOTE

Mobile Intelligent Equipment for Off-road Environments

Reid, J.F., John Deere Technology Center

 

10:00 am

Break

 

 

 

CONCURRENT SESSION I, II

I: Sensors for Navigation I

Moderator: Qin Zhang, University of Illinois

 

10:30 am

3D density and density maps for stereo navigation.  Rovira Más, F., John Deere Technology Center - Moline, USA, (John F. Reid).

 

10:50 am

A robust approach to obtain a crop edge based on wavelet filter and fuzzy recognition.  Zhang, F.,Zhejiang University, China, (Y. Yingand Q. Zhang).

 

11:10 am

Weed detection using hyperspectral imaging.  Okamoto, H., Hokkaido University, Japan, (T. Murata, T. Kataoka and S. Hata).

 

11:30 am

Task management and control system for multi-robot using wireless LAN.  Ishii, K., Hokkaido University, Japan, (N. Noguchi).

 

11:50 am

Lunch

 

 

 

II: Biorobotic Technologies 

Moderator:Noboru Noguchi, Hokkaido University

 

10:30 am

Development of automated tracking system of tagged wild animals. Ishutkina, M., MIT, USA, (E. Feron).

 

10:50 am

ODV for indoor environment: Tool for minimizing the non-holonomic constraint problem for outdoor vehicle.  Patiluna, V., University of San Carlos-Technological Center, Philippines, (J.M.Maja).

 

11:10 am

A method to define agricultural robot behaviours.  Blackmore, B.S. The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark

 

11:30 am

From Precision Farming to Phytotechnology (Robotic Agriculture).  Blackmore, B.S. The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark, (S. Fountas, S. Vougioukas, L. Tang, C. G. Sørensen, and R. Jørgensen).

 

11:50 am

Lunch

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13:00 pm

SPECIAL LECTURE

Wireless LAN and RTK machine controls on an Iowagrain farm

Clay Mitchell, Mitchell Farm, Iowa, USA.

 

 

 

CONCURRENT SESSION III, IV

III: Sensors for Navigation II

Moderator: Yibin Ying, Zhejiang University

 

13:40 pm

An Vision-based Absolute Position and Attitude Estimation Sensor for

Autonomous Helicopters.  Feron, E., MIT, USA, (J. D. Paduano and A. Shterenberg).

 

14:00 pm

Development of nozzle positioning system for precision sprayer.  Nishiwaki, K., National Agricultural Research Center for Tohoku Region, Japan, (K. Amaha and R. Otani).

 

14:20 pm

Autonomous Greenhouse Sprayer Vehicle using Machine Vision and Ladar for Steering Control.  Burks, T.F., University of Florida, USA (S. Singh and V. Subramaian)

 

14:40 pm

Determining the 3-D Location of the Apple Fruit During Harvest.  Bulanon, D.M., Hokkaido University, Japan, (T. Kataoka, H. Okamoto and S. Hata).

 

15:00 pm

Break

 

 

 

IV: Automated Implementation Functions 

Moderator: Stuart McCarthy, University of Georgia

 

13:40 pm

Development of hitching position control and its applications.  Takigawa, T., University of Tsukuba, Japan, (T. Honma, Z. Qiang, P. Junyusen, T. Ahamed and M. Koike).

 

14:00 pm

Development of trajectory control algorithm for a trailer.  Junyusen, P.,University of Tsukuba, Japan (T. Takigawa, M. Koike, H. Hasegawa and B. Bahalayodhin).

 

14:20 pm

Open configurable control system for precision farming. Oksanen, T.,Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, (M. Öhman, M. Miettinenand A. Visala).

 

14:40 pm

Control of grain return flow for head-feeding combine.  Yao, Y., Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan, (M. Iida).

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15:00 pm

Break

 

 

 

CONCURRENT SESSION V, VI

V:  Sensors for Navigation III

Moderator:  Hermann Auernhammer,  Technical University of Munich

 

15:20 pm

Automatic navigation of agricultural vehicle using a low-cost attitude sensor.   Mizushima, A., Hokkaido University, Japan, (K. Ishii and N. Noguchi).

 

15:40 pm

A low-cost integrated navigation system for autonomous off-road vehicles.  Guo, L., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, (Q. Zhang).

 

16:00 pm

Characterization of laser range finder for infield navigation of autonomous tractor.  Ahamed, T., University of Tsukuba, Japan, (T.Takigawa, M. Koike, A. Yoda , H. Hasagawa, P. Junyusen and Z. Qiang).

 

16:20 pm

Development of laser crop row sensor for automatic guidance system of implements.  Satow, T., Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan, (K. Matsuda, S. B. Ming, K. Hironaka and D. L. S. Tan).

 

 

VI: Remote Sensing and Controls 

Moderator: