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Overview

Yael Edan is affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, focusing on interdisciplinary research spanning agricultural and biological sciences, psychology, and computer science. Their work encompasses several subfields including plant science, social psychology, artificial intelligence, ecology, and computer vision and pattern recognition.

Their research topics reflect a broad engagement with Smart Agriculture and AI, Social Robot Interaction and HRI (Human-Robot Interaction), AI in Service Interactions, Human-Automation Interaction and Safety, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses, and Technology Use by Older Adults.

Yael Edan has co-authored publications with several researchers, most frequently collaborating with:

  • Samuel Olatunji
  • Tal Oron-Gilad
  • Galit Nimrod
  • Vardit Sarne-Fleischmann
  • Maya Krakovski

Their work has been published in a variety of venues, with multiple contributions in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • International Journal of Social Robotics
  • Applied Sciences
  • Precision Agriculture

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • "Development of a sweet pepper harvesting robot," 2020, Journal of Field Robotics
  • "Computer vision system for measuring individual cow feed intake using RGB-D camera and deep learning algorithms," 2020, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • "Biometric identification of sheep via a machine-vision system," 2022, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
  • "Planning the sequence of tasks for harvesting robots," 2020, Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • "In-Field Grape Cluster Size Assessment for Vine Yield Estimation Using a Mobile Robot and a Consumer Level RGB-D Camera," 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters

In addition to journal publications, Yael Edan has contributed to book publications, including a title published by Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited titled "Advances in agri-food robotics" (2023).

Best Publications

  • Vision-based hand-gesture applications

    Juan Pablo Wachs;Mathias Kölsch;Helman Stern;Yael Edan

  • Harvesting Robots for High-value Crops: State-of-the-art Review and Challenges Ahead

    C. Wouter Bac;Eldert J. Henten;Jochen Hemming;Yael Edan

  • Development of a sweet pepper harvesting robot

    Boaz Arad;Jos Balendonck;Ruud Barth;Ohad Ben-Shahar

  • Computer vision for fruit harvesting robots state of the art and challenges ahead

    Keren Kapach;Ehud Barnea;Rotem Mairon;Yael Edan

  • A Gesture-based Tool for Sterile Browsing of Radiology Images

    Juan P. Wachs;Helman I. Stern;Yael Edan;Michael Gillam

  • Automation in Agriculture

    Yael Edan;Shufeng Han;Naoshi Kondo

  • Robotic melon harvesting

    Y. Edan;D. Rogozin;T. Flash;G.E. Miles

  • Grape clusters and foliage detection algorithms for autonomous selective vineyard sprayer

    Ron Berenstein;Ohad Ben Shahar;Amir Shapiro;Yael Edan

  • Development of automatic body condition scoring using a low-cost 3-dimensional Kinect camera

    Roii Spoliansky;Yael Edan;Yisrael Parmet;Ilan Halachmi;Ilan Halachmi

  • Computer vision system for measuring individual cow feed intake using RGB-D camera and deep learning algorithms

    Ran Bezen;Yael Edan;Ilan Halachmi

  • IMAGE–PROCESSING ALGORITHMS FOR TOMATO CLASSIFICATION

    S. Laykin;V. Alchanatis;E. Fallik;Y. Edan

  • Near-minimum-time task planning for fruit-picking robots

    Y. Edan;T. Flash;U.M. Peiper;I. Shmulevich

  • Human‐robot collaboration for improved target recognition of agricultural robots

    Avital Bechar;Yael Edan

  • Cluster labeling and parameter estimation for the automated setup of a hand-gesture recognition system

    J.P. Wachs;H. Stern;Y. Edan

  • Development of an automatic cow body condition scoring using body shape signature and Fourier descriptors

    A. Bercovich;Y. Edan;V. Alchanatis;U. Moallem

  • Design and development of a semi‐autonomous agricultural vineyard sprayer: Human–robot interaction aspects

    George Adamides;Christos Katsanos;Christos Katsanos;Ioannis Constantinou;Georgios Christou

  • Evaluation of automatic guided vehicle systems

    Sigal Berman;Edna Schechtman;Yael Edan

  • Biometric identification of sheep via a machine-vision system

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  • Navigation of decentralized autonomous automatic guided vehicles in material handling

    S. Berman;Y. Edan;M. Jamshidi

  • DESIGNING HAND GESTURE VOCABULARIES FOR NATURAL INTERACTION BY COMBINING PSYCHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL AND RECOGNITION FACTORS

    Helman I. Stern;Juan P. Wachs;Yael Edan

  • Systems engineering of agricultural robot design

    Y. Edan;G.E. Miles

  • Decentralized autonomous AGV system for material handling

    S. Berman;Y. Edan

  • Automatic Adjustable Spraying Device for Site-Specific Agricultural Application

    Ron Berenstein;Yael Edan

  • HRI usability evaluation of interaction modes for a teleoperated agricultural robotic sprayer

    George Adamides;Christos Katsanos;Yisrael Parmet;Georgios Christou

Frequent Co-Authors

Ilan Halachmi
Ilan Halachmi Agricultural Research Organization
Ephraim Maltz
Ephraim Maltz Agricultural Research Organization
Shimon Y. Nof
Shimon Y. Nof Purdue University West Lafayette
U. Moallem
U. Moallem Agricultural Research Organization
Tamar Flash
Tamar Flash Weizmann Institute of Science
Wouter Saeys
Wouter Saeys KU Leuven
Mo Jamshidi
Mo Jamshidi The University of Texas at San Antonio
Bernard A. Engel
Bernard A. Engel Purdue University West Lafayette
James E. Simon
James E. Simon Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Martin Riis Weisbjerg
Martin Riis Weisbjerg Aarhus University

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