Robotics and automation for improving agriculture

Part 1 Technologies
1.Advances in machine vision technologies for agricultural robots: John Billingsley, University of Southern Queensland, Australia; 
2.Advances in actuation and control in agricultural robots: Pal From, Lincoln University, UK; 
3.Advances in communication/control systems in agricultural robots: Scott Shearer, Ohio State University, USA; 
4.Advances in human-robot collaboration in agricultural robots: Yael Edan, Ben Gurion University, Israel; 
5.A brief overview of global positioning systems (GPS) for agriculture: John Billingsley, University of Southern Queensland, Australia; 

Part 2 Applications
6.Use of agricultural robots in crop spraying/fertiliser application: Ron Berenstein, University of California-Berkeley, USA; 
7.Use of intelligent/autonomous systems in crop irrigation: Stefano Carpin, University of California-Merced, USA; 
8.The use of agricultural robots in weed monitoring and control: Brian Steward, Iowa State University, USA; 
9.The use of agricultural robots in orchard management: Qin Zhang, Washington University, USA; 
10.Advances in automated in-field grading of harvested crops: Jose Blasco, IVIA, Spain; 
11.Advances in using robots in forestry operations: Ola Lindroos and Omar Mendoza-Trejo, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden; Pedro La Hera, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and The Cluster of Forest Technology, Sweden; and Daniel Ortiz Morales, Cranab, Sweden; 
12.Advances in robotic milking: Marcia Endres and Jim Salfer, University of Minnesota, USA; 
13.Advances in use of robots in meat processing operations: Ai-Ping Hu, Georgia Tech, USA;