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List <strong>of</strong> figures<br />

Figure 5.24 Scheme <strong>of</strong> the hoeing tool’s prototype placed on the soil box ...........101<br />

Figure 5.25 Position <strong>of</strong> duckfoot knife trajectories approaching the crop plant with<br />

projection <strong>of</strong> their distances from the plant centre position to coordinate<br />

axis ....................................................................................................103<br />

Figure 5.26 Report graph attained after the experiment with constant speed .......104<br />

Figure 5.27 Estimation <strong>of</strong> the hoeing quality attained during the experiment with<br />

constant speed...................................................................................106<br />

Figure 5.28 Estimation <strong>of</strong> the hoeing quality attained during the experiment with<br />

constant speed limited to the 100 mm transversal area around the plant<br />

centre position ...................................................................................107<br />

Figure 5.29 Distribution <strong>of</strong> the total number <strong>of</strong> cuts based on their distance from the<br />

plant centre position <strong>for</strong> the experiment with constant speed..............108<br />

Figure 5.30 Estimation <strong>of</strong> the hoeing quality attained during a series <strong>of</strong> experiments<br />

with constant speed, limited to the 100 mm transversal area around the<br />

plant centre position ...........................................................................109<br />

Figure 5.31 Distribution <strong>of</strong> the total number <strong>of</strong> cuts based on their distance from the<br />

plant centre position <strong>for</strong> a series <strong>of</strong> experiments with constant speed 110<br />

Figure 5.32 Report graph attained after the experiment with acceleration and<br />

deceleration <strong>of</strong> the <strong>for</strong>ward speed .....................................................111<br />

Figure 5.33 Estimation <strong>of</strong> the hoeing quality attained after the experiment with<br />

acceleration and deceleration <strong>of</strong> the <strong>for</strong>ward speed, limited to the 100<br />

mm transversal area around the plant centre position ........................112<br />

Figure 5.34 Distribution <strong>of</strong> the total number <strong>of</strong> cuts based on their distance from the<br />

plant centre position <strong>for</strong> a series <strong>of</strong> experiments with the experiment with<br />

acceleration and deceleration <strong>of</strong> the <strong>for</strong>ward speed ...........................113<br />

Figure 5.35 Report graph attained after the experiment with intensive acceleration <strong>of</strong><br />

the <strong>for</strong>ward speed .............................................................................114<br />

Figure 5.36 Estimation <strong>of</strong> the hoeing quality attained after the experiment with<br />

intensive acceleration <strong>of</strong> the <strong>for</strong>ward speed, limited to the 100 mm<br />

transversal area around the plant centre position...............................115<br />

Figure 5.37 Estimation <strong>of</strong> the hoeing quality <strong>for</strong> filtered data set acquired after<br />

intensive change <strong>of</strong> the <strong>for</strong>ward speed, limited to the 100 mm<br />

transversal area around the plant centre position...............................116<br />

Figure 5.38 Distribution <strong>of</strong> the total number <strong>of</strong> cuts based on their distance from the<br />

plant centre position <strong>for</strong> filtered data set acquired after intensive change<br />

<strong>of</strong> the <strong>for</strong>ward speed ..........................................................................116<br />

Figure 5.39 Report graph attained after the experiment with changing <strong>for</strong>ward speed<br />

on the crop <strong>system</strong> with 400 mm average distance between plants ..117<br />

Figure 5.40 Estimation <strong>of</strong> the hoeing quality attained during a series <strong>of</strong> experiments<br />

on the field with 400 mm average intra-row distance between plants,<br />

limited to the 100 mm transversal area around the plant centre position<br />

...........................................................................................................118<br />

Figure 5.41 Distribution <strong>of</strong> the total number <strong>of</strong> cuts based on their distance from the<br />

plant centre position <strong>for</strong> the hoeing the field with 400 mm average intrarow<br />

distance between plants ..............................................................119<br />

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