The STAR Project: Giving Smell Sense to Agricultural Robotics

Angelo Ugenti; Sara Stolyarova; Adir Krayden; Annalisa Milella; Stefan Rilling; Yael Nemirovsky; Giulio Reina

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-91151-4_71

The STAR Project: Giving Smell Sense to Agricultural Robotics

Angelo Ugenti, Sara Stolyarova, Adir Krayden, Annalisa Milella, Stefan Rilling, Yael Nemirovsky, Giulio Reina

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

The ability to single out mature fruits and to selectively start the harvesting is critical for precision farming. This paper presents the latest research efforts within the STAR project funded by the 2022 Joint call of the ICT-AGRI-FOOD action. STAR aims to develop a unifying framework to combine different sensor modalities that include standard (e.g., RGB-D cameras) with novel sensors (e.g., gas sensors), and methods for creating accurate maps to facilitate operations on a narrow scale with a smaller environment footprint to make relevant information easily visible to the farmer. The framework is demonstrated in the field through the integration onboard of a farmer robot that closely monitors vineyards in Italy.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of I4SDG Workshop 2025 - IFToMM for Sustainable Development Goals - Volume 1
Editors	Giuseppe Carbone, Giuseppe Quaglia
Pages	649-658
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-91151-4_71
State	Published - 2025
Event	3rd International Workshop IFToMM for Sustainable Development Goals, I4SDG 2025 - Lamezia Terme, Italy Duration: 9 Jun 2025 → 11 Jun 2025

Publication series

Name	Mechanisms and Machine Science
Volume	179
ISSN (Print)	2211-0984
ISSN (Electronic)	2211-0992

Conference

Conference	3rd International Workshop IFToMM for Sustainable Development Goals, I4SDG 2025
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Lamezia Terme
Period	9/06/25 → 11/06/25

Keywords

SDG15
SDG2
agricultural robotics
crop digital twin
grape monitoring
precision agriculture
robotic nose
smell sensing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Mechanics of Materials
Mechanical Engineering

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Ugenti, A., Stolyarova, S., Krayden, A., Milella, A., Rilling, S., Nemirovsky, Y., & Reina, G. (2025). The STAR Project: Giving Smell Sense to Agricultural Robotics. In G. Carbone, & G. Quaglia (Eds.), Proceedings of I4SDG Workshop 2025 - IFToMM for Sustainable Development Goals - Volume 1 (pp. 649-658). (Mechanisms and Machine Science; Vol. 179). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-91151-4_71

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Ugenti, A, Stolyarova, S, Krayden, A, Milella, A, Rilling, S, Nemirovsky, Y & Reina, G 2025, The STAR Project: Giving Smell Sense to Agricultural Robotics. in G Carbone & G Quaglia (eds), Proceedings of I4SDG Workshop 2025 - IFToMM for Sustainable Development Goals - Volume 1. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol. 179, pp. 649-658, 3rd International Workshop IFToMM for Sustainable Development Goals, I4SDG 2025, Lamezia Terme, Italy, 9/06/25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-91151-4_71

The STAR Project: Giving Smell Sense to Agricultural Robotics. / Ugenti, Angelo; Stolyarova, Sara; Krayden, Adir et al.
Proceedings of I4SDG Workshop 2025 - IFToMM for Sustainable Development Goals - Volume 1. ed. / Giuseppe Carbone; Giuseppe Quaglia. 2025. p. 649-658 (Mechanisms and Machine Science; Vol. 179).

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