This chapter reviews the use of robots in field crop cultivation. The chapter begins by providing an overview of current requirements for robots involved in field cultivation, then goes on to describe enabling technologies for in-field robots. The chapter also provides several examples of in field crop cultivation robot application, such as for transplanting, monitoring and control of weeds, plant diseases and pests and also harvesting.

Avital Bechar, Agricultural Research Organization, Israel; and Dionysis Bochtis, Institute for Bio-Economy and Agri-Technology (iBO), Greece

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Requirements for robots involved in field cultivation
• 3 Enabling technologies for in-field robots
• 4 Applications: transplanting
• 5 Applications: monitoring and control of weeds, plant diseases and pests
• 6 Applications: harvesting
• 7 Conclusion and future trends
• 8 References