Opportunities for Robotic Systems and Automation in Cotton Production

Authors

Edward Barnes, Cotton Incorporated
Gaylon Morgan, Cotton Incorporated
Kater Hake, Cotton Incorporated
Jon Devine, Cotton Incorporated
Ryan Kurtz, Cotton Incorporated
Gregory Ibendahl, Kansas State University
Ajay Sharda, Kansas State University
Glen Rains, University of Georgia
John Snider, University of Georgia
Joe Mari Maja, Clemson University
J. Alex Thomasson, Mississippi State University
Yuzhen Lu, Mississippi State University
Hussein Gharakhani, Mississippi State University
James Griffin, Texas A&M University
Emi Kimura, Texas A&M University
Robert Hardin, Texas A&M University
Tyson Raper, University of Tennessee
Sierra N. Young, Utah State UniversityFollow
Kadeghe Fue, Sokoine University of Agriculture
Mathew Pelletier, United States Department of Agriculture
Greg Wanjura, United States Department of Agriculture
Holt, United States Department of Agriculture

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

AgriEngineering

Volume

3

Issue

2

Publisher

MDPI AG

Publication Date

5-28-2021

First Page

339

Last Page

362

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Abstract

Automation continues to play a greater role in agricultural production with commercial systems now available for machine vision identification of weeds and other pests, autonomous weed control, and robotic harvesters for fruits and vegetables. The growing availability of autonomous machines in agriculture indicates that there are opportunities to increase automation in cotton production. This article considers how current and future advances in automation has, could, or will impact cotton production practices. The results are organized to follow the cotton production process from land preparation to planting to within season management through harvesting and ginning. For each step, current and potential opportunities to automate processes are discussed. Specific examples include advances in automated weed control and progress made in the use of robotic systems for cotton harvesting

Comments

Publication published by MDPI AG in AgriEngineering.

Recommended Citation

E. Barnes, G. Morgan, K. Hake, J. Devine, R. Kurtz, G. Ibendahl, A. Sharda, G. Rains, J. Snider, J. M. Maja, J. A. Thomasson, Y. Lu, H. Gharakhani, J. Griffin, E. Kimura, R. Hardin, T. Raper, S. Young, K. Fue, M. Pelletier, J. Wanjura, and G. Holt, “Opportunities for robotic systems and automation in cotton production,”AgriEngineering, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 339–362,2021.doi:10.3390/agriengineering3020023.