... techniques. The proposed new simulation environment allows the user to define different mobiles robots and agricultural implements. Design/methodology/approach With this computational tool, the crop field, the fleet of robots and the different sensors and actuators that are incorporated into each robot...

... the necessity of providing farmers with alternative methods for crop monitoring. Thus, after analysing the main requirements, a spherical robot was chosen as a tentative approach. The presented work summarizes the work carried out in selecting the basics to apply in the robot, as well as its mechanical...