Quan Qiu
Oklahoma State University, Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Automation Control Equipment Institute, Beijing University of Agriculture, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Northeast Agricultural University, Changzhou Academy of Intelli-Ag Equipment (China)
Papers
27
Total Citations
578
H-Index
11
About
Quan Qiu is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of agricultural robotics, computer vision, and precision farming technology. His work spans three interconnected domains: robotic harvesting systems, high-throughput crop phenotyping, and autonomous agricultural mobile platforms — all aimed at addressing the urgent global challenge of scaling food production amid a rapidly growing population. Qiu's early contributions focused on strawberry harvesting robotics, with two influential 2012 papers (totaling over 120 citations) establishing foundational designs for automated fruit picking in elevated-trough and table-top cultivation systems. He later advanced the field significantly through innovative fruit detection methods, including a frustum-based point cloud approach for localizing occluded apples (79 citations) and a hybrid uncalibrated visual servoing control system for harvesting robots with RGB-D cameras. His phenotyping research is equally impactful. A 2019 study deploying 3D LiDAR aboard a "Phenomobile" for field-based maize analysis garnered 118 citations, establishing him as a leader in high-throughput plant measurement technology. His work on agricultural mobile robots, including an Extended Ackermann steering platform and four-wheel-drive field robots, further demonstrates his commitment to end-to-end automation in real-world farming environments. Across his portfolio, Qiu's research reflects a consistent vision: intelligent, sensor-rich robotic systems capable of transforming modern agriculture.
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- 3New strawberry harvesting robot for elevated-trough culture79 citations · 2012
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- 5Study on strawberry robotic harvesting system43 citations · 2012
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- 10Intrinsic Calibration of Multi-Beam LiDARs for Agricultural Robots13 citations · 2022