Kouji Ueda
Papers
2
Total Citations
7
H-Index
2
About
Kouji Ueda is a pioneering researcher in agricultural robotics, with a focused expertise in automated harvesting systems for specialty crops. His work centers on developing vision-guided robots capable of selectively identifying and harvesting delicate vegetables, addressing critical labor shortages in precision agriculture. Ueda’s most influential contributions include the design of a selective harvesting robot for crisp head vegetables, detailed in his 1999 paper (5 citations), which introduced novel end-effector and sensing strategies for non-destructive picking. He further advanced the field with a vision system for cucumber-harvesting robots (2000, 2 citations), demonstrating how machine vision can enable real-time fruit detection and orientation analysis in complex greenhouse environments. Though his citation counts are modest, Ueda’s research is foundational for early robotic harvesting systems, laying groundwork for later autonomous agricultural technologies. His work exemplifies the integration of computer vision, mechanical design, and crop-specific handling—a trifecta that continues to inspire modern agri-robotics.
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Top Papers
- 1Selective Harvesting Robot for Crisp Head Vegetables (Part 3)5 citations · 1999
- 2Vision System for Cucumber-Harvesting Robot2 citations · 2000