Irrigation scheduling and automation are usually conducted using models that are based on the measurement of the soil water content. In this sense, water balance has established itself as a good indicator of the growth and development of crops and is currently used in several automatic...

The fundamental principle of adequate irrigation management is to satisfy crop water requirements while optimizing agronomic profits with the lowest possible consumption of water. Based on this idea, new techniques have been incorporated into different irrigation scheduling approaches. Among...

Purpose – This paper aims to develop a feasible visual weld detection method to solve the problems in multi-layer welding detection (e.g. cover pass welding detection) for seam tracking and non-destructive testing. It seeks for an adaptive and accurate way to determine the edge between the...

Purpose – This paper aim to build an information fusion model that can predict the bottom shape of welding groove for better welding quality control. Arc sensor is widely used in seam tracking due to its simplicity and good accessibility, but it heavily relies on the bottom shape of the...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a modified welding image feature extraction algorithm for rotating arc narrow gap metal active-gas welding (MAG) welding, which is significant for improving the accuracy and reliability of the welding process. Design/methodology/approach An...