Research Interests

Kaiwen's main research interests comprise:

   - Machine learning, AI applied to agriculture.

   - Robotics, Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applied to agriculture.

   - Remote sensing in orchard management.

Education

- Ph.D. in Agricultural Robotics2022.02 - Exp. 2026.02

   Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands. Supervisors Professor. Lammert Kooistra, and Dr. João Valente .


- Visiting Ph.D. 2024.11 - 2025.03

   Bonn University, German. Supervisors Professor. Cyrill Stachniss.


- MSc in Robotics 2019.9 - 2020.10

   Cranfield University, UK

   Thesis: Multi-spacecraft rendezvous to a tumbling target


- BSc in Computer Science 2015.9 - 2019.6

   Sichuan University, China

   Thesis: Android-based and deep learning image recognition design of dog recognition android software


Publication

Precision Livestock Farming

Automated collection of facial temperatures in dairy cows via improved UNet
H. Shu, K. Wang, L. Guo, J. Bindelle, and W. Wang
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2024
[Paper] | [Bibtex]

Behavior Classification and Analysis of Grazing Sheep on Pasture with Different Sward Surface Heights Using Machine Learning
Z. Jin, L. Guo, J. Qi, Y. Li, B. Xu, W. Zhang, K. Wang, and W. Wang
animals, 2022
[Paper] | [Bibtex]

SLAM

Benchmarking of monocular camera UAV-based localization and mapping methods in vineyards
K. Wang, L. Kooistra, Y. Wang, W. Wang, J. Valente
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2024
[Paper] | [Bibtex]

UAV-based simultaneous localization and mapping in outdoor environments: A systematic scoping review
K. Wang, L. Kooistra, R. Pan, W. Wang, J. Valente,
journal of field robotics, 2024
[Paper] | [Bibtex]

Dataset

GrapeMOTS: UAV Vineyard Dataset with MOTS Grape Bunch annotations recorded from multiple perspectives for enhanced Object Detection and Tracking
M. Ariza-Sentís, K. Wang, Z. Cao, S. Vélez and J. Valente
Data in Brief, 2024
[Paper] | [Bibtex]

Awards

  • Wageningen WASS Junior Research Grant, 2024.
  • Cranfield University Scholarship, 2019.
  • Sichuan University Shcolarship, 2017.

Update: Nov. 2024 by Kaiwen Wang