S. Sindaco, S. Nanni, Cristiano Aguzzi, L. Roffia, Tullio Salmon Cinotti
{"title":"Enabling Context Aware Tuning of Low Power Sensors for Smart Agriculture","authors":"S. Sindaco, S. Nanni, Cristiano Aguzzi, L. Roffia, Tullio Salmon Cinotti","doi":"10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277635","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes an application for the context aware tuning of the data rate of a battery powered LoRaWAN multi-sensor node equipped with sensors measuring soil features like water content, temperature, conductivity, moisture and water table depth. The application aims at saving as much power as possible, granting at the same time the detection and accurate profiling of events localized in time and space (e.g., due to sudden heavy rain). The tuning rules are based on the interplay between the context heterogeneous actors (sensor data, forecasts, current season, irrigation requests) mediated by a Linked Data distribution platform interconnected to multiple private and public networks. An interoperable application is provided, whose components can be easily extended and reused.","PeriodicalId":124961,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor)","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124743657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simply Time Domain Reflectometry system for food analysis","authors":"Eleonora Iaccheri, A. Berardinelli, L. Ragni","doi":"10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277605","url":null,"abstract":"Effectiveness of a simple Time Domain Reflectometry instrumental chain was tested by using different sodium chloride concentration.The layout is quite simple and economic, the software user friendly and the measurements rapid.An innovative approach for the statistical analysis of these kind of signals was implemented, accounting for multivariate analysis of the waveform, replacing the traditional mathematical theory.Good results in terms of coefficient of determination for sodium chloride estimation were obtained with R2 0.942 (RMSE 0.18 g/100ml) for simple linear regression and R2 0.983 (RMSE 0.10 g/100ml) for PLS analysis.The results obtained show how a cheap, rapid, and easy to use instrumental chain can be very promising for determinations of foodstuff parameters.","PeriodicalId":124961,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124917639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nikos Tsoulias, G. Xanthopoulos, S. Fountas, M. Zude
{"title":"In-situ detection of apple fruit using a 2D LiDAR laser scanner","authors":"Nikos Tsoulias, G. Xanthopoulos, S. Fountas, M. Zude","doi":"10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277629","url":null,"abstract":"The development of reliable fruit detection and localization systems has been approached with remote sensing methods aimed at optimizing the orchard management to obtain high crop quality and economically improved harvesting practice. This work presents a new technique that uses a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) laser scanner to detect and localize apple fruits in the orchard. In a 1 ha apple orchard (Malus x domestica 'Gala') two trees were defoliated before harvest period. A LiDAR scanner emitting at 905 nm, with a real time kinematic global navigation satellite system to geo-reference the data and an inertial measurement unit to acquire orientation data were mounted on a tractor (0.2 km/h) to produce the 3D tree point cloud before and after defoliation. Subsequently, the apples of each tree were harvested and classified in four size classes according to height (Hmanual) and diameter (Dmanual).An intensity analysis of tree elements was performed, obtaining mean intensity values of 28.9%, 29.1%, and 44.3% for leaves, branches and trunks, and apples, respectively. These results suggested that the intensity parameter can be useful to detect apples. A four-step fruit detection algorithm was developed to localize and estimate the height (HLiDAR) and diameter (DLiDAR) of fruits. A mean detection success of 92.5% was obtained in relation to the total amount of fruits on the defoliated trees during the stages of fruit development. A mean correlation of R2 = 0.83 was obtained for Hmanual and HLiDAR, whereas a less pronounced relation was observed between DLiDAR and Dmanual (R2 = 0.62) during fruit development. The mean detection success was decreased to 70.5% when the fruit detection algorithm was applied in the foliated trees. From the experimental results, it can be concluded that LiDAR-based technology and, particularly, its intensity information has potential for remote apple detection and 3D localisation.","PeriodicalId":124961,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115174189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Stevanato, M. Polo, M. Lunardon, F. Marinello, S. Moretto, G. Baroni
{"title":"Towards the optimization of a scintillator-based neutron detector for large non-invasive soil moisture estimation","authors":"L. Stevanato, M. Polo, M. Lunardon, F. Marinello, S. Moretto, G. Baroni","doi":"10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277582","url":null,"abstract":"Cosmic-ray neutron sensing (CRNS) has been established as a reliable method to estimate non-invasively field average soil moisture. Most of the detectors are, however, based on expensive or toxic materials providing some limitations for a wider application of the method. In this study we further test and develop a new neutron detector based on composite scintillators specifically designed for agro-hydrological applications called CRNS-Finapp. It is shown that the probe is very sensitive to the temperature, however, the effect can be easily compensated by the high voltage module embedded in the probe. Field experiments conducted at a vineyard also support the capability of this new detector to be integrated in long-term observation networks. Further developments will focus on improving the efficiency of the neutron counting rate, on the reduction of the power consumption and on the communication protocols for the transmission of the data.","PeriodicalId":124961,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114236977","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marco Bovo, S. Benni, A. Barbaresi, Enrica Santolini, Miki Agrusti, D. Torreggiani, P. Tassinari
{"title":"A Smart Monitoring System for a Future Smarter Dairy Farming","authors":"Marco Bovo, S. Benni, A. Barbaresi, Enrica Santolini, Miki Agrusti, D. Torreggiani, P. Tassinari","doi":"10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277547","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277547","url":null,"abstract":"The study presents the objectives, methodologies and technical features of a monitoring system designed in the context of a national research project proposing innovative technical solutions for smart dairy farming in order to increase the herd productivity. The main objective of the project was to improve environment conditions and animal welfare of dairy cows and consequently enhance reproduction and production. To this regard, the system described here has a fundamental role operating as a tool for a more efficient management of the herd and of the herd housing. In fact, in the last years, animal control techniques and farm environmental monitoring have been developed, with increasing intensity, through the integration of Information Communication Technology (ICT) systems and models for the analysis and interpretation of the data collected. In this field, the Smart Monitoring System (SMS) described here could be effectively implemented in order to increase the animal welfare but at the same time increase the animal production. The integration of different type of sensors, different type of data and different type of models is at the base of the modern techniques for herd management and of the tools aiming to increase the dairy sector sustainability. The system integrates specifically designed sensor networks in a customized system architecture. It allows the acquisition of big data time series about physical and environmental conditions of the facilities hosting the cow herds starting from the collection of both indoor and outdoor environmental features, enabling a smart control of the facility, a diagnosis of the operating conditions, and early alerts in case of anomalies. The system has been developed to work in several environmental situations and is able to make the data remotely available in real time in a cloud.","PeriodicalId":124961,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126263180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ammonia stripping from buffalo manure digestate for future nitrogen upcycling into bio-based products","authors":"S. Matassa, S. Papirio, G. Esposito, F. Pirozzi","doi":"10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277623","url":null,"abstract":"Mitigating ammonia emissions from the livestock sector offers the opportunity to combine environmental protection with resource recovery through emerging circular bioeconomy approaches. In this work, we tested the potential of low-rate stripping techniques to enable techno-economically feasible nitrogen recovery and valorization from buffalo manure digestate. The proposed process achieved more than 80% ammonia stripping at mild temperatures (35-55 °C) and without the need of caustic agents to increase pH. Coupling such low-rate ammonia stripping with innovative biological resource valorization processes could offer interesting future perspectives.","PeriodicalId":124961,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125652624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autonomous Robotic Platform for Precision Orchard Management: Architecture and Software Perspective","authors":"D. Mengoli, Roberto Tazzari, L. Marconi","doi":"10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277555","url":null,"abstract":"We present an autonomous ground robotic platform for agriculture application. The design is specifically targeted for small/medium farms with orchards and in this paper we propose a new vehicle concept as well as the sensor suite and software architecture to accomplish the implementation of the navigation algorithm designed to autonomously operate within the rows of an orchard. In this context, we also show how to exploit the structure of the orchard to optimize the Hough Transform algorithm to detect tree rows. Simulations and experimental results are presented.","PeriodicalId":124961,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125760675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kushtrim Breslla, G. Bortolotti, A. Boini, G. Perulli, B. Morandi, L. C. Grappadelli, L. Manfrini
{"title":"Sensor-fusion and deep neural networks for autonomous UAV navigation within orchards","authors":"Kushtrim Breslla, G. Bortolotti, A. Boini, G. Perulli, B. Morandi, L. C. Grappadelli, L. Manfrini","doi":"10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277568","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277568","url":null,"abstract":"With the increase of population in the world, the demand for quality food is increasing too. In recent years, increasing demand and environmental factors have heavily influenced the agricultural production. Automation and robotics for fruit and vegetable production/monitoring have become the new standard. This paper discusses an autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) able to navigate through rows orchard rows. The UAV is comprised of a flight controller (AP stack), a microcontroller for analog reading of different sensors, and an On-Board Computer (OBC). Pictures are taken through a camera and streamed through WiFi to a Ground Control Computer (GCC) running a convolution neural network model. Based on prior training, the model outputs three directions: RIGHT, LEFT and STRAIGHT. A moving average of multiple frames per second is extracted and sent to a build-in Proportional-IntegralDerivative (PID) controller on the UAV. After error correction from this feedback, controller sends the direction to the flight controller using MAVLink protocol’s radio channel overrides, thus performing autonomous navigation.","PeriodicalId":124961,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126447764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Padulano, Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama, G. Rianna, M. Santini, M. Mancini, M. Stojiljković
{"title":"Future rainfall scenarios for the assessment of water availability in Italy","authors":"R. Padulano, Giuseppe Francesco Cesare Lama, G. Rianna, M. Santini, M. Mancini, M. Stojiljković","doi":"10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277599","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277599","url":null,"abstract":"This research aims at understanding and analyzing the possible effect of climate change on the seasonal rainfall regime over Italy. First, rainfall patterns are identified by applying a clustering procedure based on the Self-Organizing Map, by adopting and comparing the results of different gridded datasets describing current climate (1981-2010). Second, for the identified clusters the impact of climate change in the near (2021-2050) and the far future (2051-2080) is assessed by employing an ensemble of bias-adjusted EUROCORDEX climate projections under the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) 2.6, 4.5 and 8.5. The results of this study show that, for the considered models’ ensemble, a significant decrease in cumulative rainfall values should be expected in the future, reflecting in a decrease in monthly values across all the seasons.","PeriodicalId":124961,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115308305","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Serafini, M. Albéri, Enrico Chiarelli, M. Montuschi, Kassandra Giulia Cristina Raptis, V. Strati, F. Mantovani
{"title":"Discriminating irrigation and rainfall with proximal gamma-ray spectroscopy","authors":"A. Serafini, M. Albéri, Enrico Chiarelli, M. Montuschi, Kassandra Giulia Cristina Raptis, V. Strati, F. Mantovani","doi":"10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277556","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MetroAgriFor50201.2020.9277556","url":null,"abstract":"We present a study of the performances of a proximal gamma-ray ground station based on a 7 months continuous acquisition, including 42 rain episodes and 16 irrigations. In particular, we demonstrate the reliability of the station in discriminating irrigations and rains through their peculiar gamma signals fingerprint. This proof of concept experiment shows that proximal gamma-ray spectroscopy can potentially fill the spatial gap between punctual and satellite soil water content measurements, as well as provide an unbiased approach for producing comprehensive irrigations maps.","PeriodicalId":124961,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry (MetroAgriFor)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114280993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}