Automatically Extracting Rubber Tree Stem Shape from Point Cloud Data Acquisition Using a B-Spline Fitting Program

Natural rubber is an important and strategic raw material, used in tires, gloves, and insulating products, that is mainly obtained by cutting the bark of rubber trees. However, the complex contour curve of the rubber tree trunk is hard to fit using a tapping machine. Thus, a trunk contour curve coll...

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Main Authors: Tuyu Li, Yong Zheng, Chang Huang, Jianhua Cao, Lingling Wang, Guihua Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-05-01
Series:Forests
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/14/6/1122