AI RESEARCH
Low-Cost Stereo Vision for Robust 3D Positioning of Thin Radiata Pine Branches in Autonomous Drone Pruning
arXiv CS.CV
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ArXi:2605.08213v1 Announce Type: new Manual pruning of radiata pine, a species of major economic importance to New Zealand forestry, is hazardous, labour-intensive, and increasingly constrained by workforce shortages. Existing autonomous pruning platforms typically rely on expensive sensors such as LiDAR and are limited to thick branches, which restricts their wider adoption.