Project#4: POGHAR - HUMAIN Lab

Project title: Personalized Optimal Grape Harvest by Autonomous Robot
Budget: €997,292.70 (Public Expense: €931,167.70)
Funded from:Action “RESEARCH – DEVELOP – INNOVATE”, cycle A, Intervention II, Operational Programme “Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation”, NSRF (National Strategic Reference Framework) 2014-2020 Project no. Τ1ΕΔΚ-00300
Coordinator & Principal Investigator: Professor Vassilis Kaburlasos
Start – end dates: 28 June 2018 – 27 June 2022

Project’s Publications

Machine vision for ripeness estimation in viticulture automation – Horticulturae, vol. 7, iss. 9, 282, 2021- E. Vrochidou, C. Bazinas, M. Manios, G. A. Papakostas, T. P. Pachidis, V. G. Kaburlasos, “Machine vision for ripeness estimation in viticulture automation”, Horticulturae, vol. 7, iss. 9, 282; https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/7/9/282 (Open Access). (Special Issue on “Advances in Viticulture Production”. Guest Editor: Massimo Bertamini) …
Grape stem detection using regression convolutional neural networks – Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, vol. 186, p. 106220, 2021- Τ. Kalampokas, Ε. Vrochidou, G. A. Papakostas, T. Pachidis, and V. G. Kaburlasos, “Grape stem detection using regression convolutional neural networks,” Comput. Electron. Agric., vol. 186, p. 106220, Jul. 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.compag.2021.106220. …
An Autonomous Grape-Harvester Robot: Integrated System Architecture – Electronics, vol. 10, no. 9, p. 1056- E. Vrochidou, K. Tziridis, A. Nikolaou, T. Kalampokas, G. A. Papakostas, T. P. Pachidis, S. Mamalis, S. Koundouras, V G. Kaburlasos, “An autonomous grape-harvester robot: integrated system architecture”, Electronics 2021, 10(9), 1056; https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10091056 (Special Issue on Control of Mobile Robots – Section “Systems & Control Engineering”. Guest Editor: Vladan Papic). …
Vision-based Vineyard Trunk Detection and its Integration into a Grapes Harvesting Robot – IJMERR, vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 374-385, July 2021- E. Badeka, T. Kalampokas, E. Vrochidou, K. Tziridis, G. A. Papakostas, T. P. Pachidis, V. G. Kaburlasos, “Vision-based vineyard trunk detection and its integration into a grapes harvesting robot”, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research (IJMERR), vol. 10, no. 7, pp. 374-385, July 2021. …
Real-time Vineyard Trunk Detection for a Grapes Harvesting Robot via Deep Learning – ICMV 2020, Rome, Italy- E. Badeka, T. Kalampokas, E. Vrochidou, K. Tziridis, G. A. Papakostas, T. Pachidis, V. G. Kaburlasos, Real-time Vineyard Trunk Detection for a Grapes Harvesting Robot via Deep Learning, 13th International Conference on Machine Vision (ICMV 2020), Rome, Italy, November 02-06, 2020 …
Exploration of viticultural tasks to be performed by autonomous robot: possibilities and limitation – AGROSYM 2020, Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina- E. Bouloumpasi, S. Theocharis, A. Karampatea, S. Pavlidis, S. Mamalis, S. Koundouras, T. Merou, E. Vrochidou, T. Pachidis, M. Manios, G. Papakostas, V. Kaburlasos, “Exploration of viticultural tasks to be performed by autonomous robot: possibilities and limitations”, Proceedings of the 11th International Scientific Agriculture Symposium (AGROSYM 2020), Jahorina, Bosnia and… …
Information Management and Monitoring System for a Grapes Harvesting Robot – CIEES 2020, Borovets, Bulgaria- Tziridis, K., Nikolaou, A., Kalampokas, T., Vrochidou, E., Pachidis, T., Papakostas, G. A., & Kaburlasos, V. G. (2021). Information management and monitoring system for a grapes harvesting robot. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 1032, No. 1, p. 012051). IOP Publishing. …
Toward Big Data Manipulation for Grape Harvest Time Prediction by Intervals’ Numbers Techniques – IJCNN 2020, Glasgow, United Kingdom- V. G. Kaburlasos, E. Vrochidou, C. Lytridis, G. A. Papakostas, T. Pachidis, M. Manios, S. Mamalis, T. Merou, S. Koundouras, S. Theocharis, G. Siavalas, C. Sgouros, P. Kyriakidis, "Toward Big Data Manipulation for Grape Harvest Time Prediction by Intervals’ Numbers Techniques," 2020 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), Glasgow,… …
Navigation Route Mapping for Harvesting Robots in Vineyards Using UAV-based Remote Sensing – IS 2020, Varna, Bulgaria- E. Badeka, E. Vrochidou, K. Tziridis, A. Nicolaou, G. A. Papakostas, T. Pachidis, V. G. Kaburlasos, "Navigation Route Mapping for Harvesting Robots in Vineyards Using UAV-based Remote Sensing," 2020 IEEE 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems (IS), Varna, Bulgaria, 2020, pp. 171-177, doi: 10.1109/IS48319.2020.9199958. …
Identifying the technological needs for developing a grapes harvesting robot: operations and systems – HAICTA 2020, Thessaloniki, Greece- E. Vrochidou, T. Pachidis, M. Manios, G. A. Papakostas, V. G. Kaburlasos, S. Theocharis, S. Koundouras, K. Karabatea, E. Bouloumpasi, S. Pavlidis, S. Mamalis, T. Merou. “Identifying the technological needs for developing a grapes harvesting robot: operations and systems”, 9th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture, Food… …
Forward kinematic analysis of JACO2 robotic arm towards implementing a grapes harvesting robot – SoftCOM 2020, Hvar, Croatia- T. Pachidis, C. Sgouros, V. G. Kaburlasos, E. Vrochidou, T. Kalampokas, K. Tziridis, A. Nikolaou, G. A. Papakostas, "Forward Kinematic Analysis of JACO2 Robotic Arm Towards Implementing a Grapes Harvesting Robot," 2020 International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM), Split, Hvar, Croatia, 2020, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.23919/SoftCOM50211.2020.9238297. …
Harvest Crate Detection for Grapes Harvesting Robot Based on YOLOv3 Model – ICDS 2020, Fez, Morocco- E. Badeka, E. Vrochidou, G. A. Papakostas, T. Pachidis, V. G. Kaburlasos, “Harvest crate detection for grapes harvesting robot based on YOLOv3 model”, The Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Computing in Data Sciences (ICDS 2020), Fez, Morocco, 21-23 October 2020 …
Semantic Segmentation of Vineyard Images Using Convolutional Neural Networks – EANN 2020, Halkidiki, Greece- T. Kalampokas, K. Tziridis, A. Nikolaou, E. Vrochidou, G. A. Papakostas, T. Pachidis, V. G. Kaburlasos. “Semantic segmentation of vineyard images using convolutional neural networks”, 21st International Conference on Engineering Applications of Neural Networks (EANN 2020), Porto Carras Grand Resort, Halkidiki, Greece, 5-7 June, 2020. In: L. Iliadis, P. P.… …
Grapes Visual Segmentation for Harvesting Robots Using Local Texture Descriptors – ICVS 2019, Thessaloniki, Greece- E.V. Badeka, T. Kalampokas, K. Tziridis, A.P. Nikolaou, E. Vrochidou, E. Mavridou, G.A. Papakostas and T. Pachidis, “Grapes Visual Segmentation for Harvesting Robots Using Local Texture Descriptors”. In 12th International Conference on Computer Vision Systems (ICVS 2019), Thessaloniki, Greece, pp. 98–109, 2019. …
Machine vision Systems in Precision Agriculture for Crop Farming – Journal of Imaging 2019, 5(12), 89- E. Mavridou, E. Vrochidou, G. A. Papakostas, T. Pachidis and V. G. Kaburlasos, “Machine vision Systems in Precision Agriculture for Crop Farming”, Journal of Imaging, DOI: 10.3390/jimaging5120089, 2019 …
Time series classification in cyber-physical system applications by intervals’ numbers techniques – FUZZ-IEEE 2019, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA- Kaburlasos, V.G., Vrochidou, E., Panagiotopoulos, F., Aitsidis, C., Jaki, A.: Time series classification in cyber-physical system applications by intervals’ numbers techniques. In: IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2019). pp. 125–130, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (2019). …