Quantitative Benchmarking in Agricultural Robotics

The aim of ACRE (Agri-food Competition for Robot Evaluation) is to provide a set of benchmarks for agricultural robots and smart implements. While involving capabilities of general application, ACRE puts a special focus on weeding, identified as one of the tasks where it is easier for robotics to demonstrate its potential. ACRE, as the other three robot competitions that are being organised by European project METRICS, is built on the established idea of benchmarking through competitions. In this paper we present the framework of ACRE and examples of its benchmarks.