An Annotation-to-Detection Framework for Autonomous and Robust Vine Trunk Localization in the Field by Mobile Agricultural Robots
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| author | Chatziparaschis, Dimitrios Scudiero, Elia Sams, Brent Karydis, Konstantinos |
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| contents | The dynamic and heterogeneous nature of agricultural fields presents significant challenges for object detection and localization, particularly for autonomous mobile robots that are tasked with surveying previously unseen unstructured environments. Concurrently, there is a growing need for real-time detection systems that do not depend on large-scale manually labeled real-world datasets. In this work, we introduce a comprehensive annotation-to-detection framework designed to train a robust multi-modal detector using limited and partially labeled training data. The proposed methodology incorporates cross-modal annotation transfer and an early-stage sensor fusion pipeline, which, in conjunction with a multi-stage detection architecture, effectively trains and enhances the system's multi-modal detection capabilities. The effectiveness of the framework was demonstrated through vine trunk detection in novel vineyard settings that featured diverse lighting conditions and varying crop densities to validate performance. When integrated with a customized multi-modal LiDAR and Odometry Mapping (LOAM) algorithm and a tree association module, the system demonstrated high-performance trunk localization, successfully identifying over 70% of trees in a single traversal with a mean distance error of less than 0.37m. The results reveal that by leveraging multi-modal, incremental-stage annotation and training, the proposed framework achieves robust detection performance regardless of limited starting annotations, showcasing its potential for real-world and near-ground agricultural applications. |
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| spellingShingle | An Annotation-to-Detection Framework for Autonomous and Robust Vine Trunk Localization in the Field by Mobile Agricultural Robots Chatziparaschis, Dimitrios Scudiero, Elia Sams, Brent Karydis, Konstantinos Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Robotics The dynamic and heterogeneous nature of agricultural fields presents significant challenges for object detection and localization, particularly for autonomous mobile robots that are tasked with surveying previously unseen unstructured environments. Concurrently, there is a growing need for real-time detection systems that do not depend on large-scale manually labeled real-world datasets. In this work, we introduce a comprehensive annotation-to-detection framework designed to train a robust multi-modal detector using limited and partially labeled training data. The proposed methodology incorporates cross-modal annotation transfer and an early-stage sensor fusion pipeline, which, in conjunction with a multi-stage detection architecture, effectively trains and enhances the system's multi-modal detection capabilities. The effectiveness of the framework was demonstrated through vine trunk detection in novel vineyard settings that featured diverse lighting conditions and varying crop densities to validate performance. When integrated with a customized multi-modal LiDAR and Odometry Mapping (LOAM) algorithm and a tree association module, the system demonstrated high-performance trunk localization, successfully identifying over 70% of trees in a single traversal with a mean distance error of less than 0.37m. The results reveal that by leveraging multi-modal, incremental-stage annotation and training, the proposed framework achieves robust detection performance regardless of limited starting annotations, showcasing its potential for real-world and near-ground agricultural applications. |
| title | An Annotation-to-Detection Framework for Autonomous and Robust Vine Trunk Localization in the Field by Mobile Agricultural Robots |
| topic | Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Robotics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26724 |