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Sensors2011,11,4086-4103;doi:10.3390/s110404086 OPENACCESS sensors ISSN1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article ANewApproachtoVisual-BasedSensorySystemforNavigation intoOrangeGroves JoaquinTorres-SospedraandPatricioNebot ? DepartmentofEngineeringandComputerScience,UniversitatJaumeI,AvdasosBaynatS/N,E12071, Castellon,Spain ? Authortowhomcorrespondenceshouldbeaddressed;E-Mail:pnebot@icc.uji.es; Tel.:+34-964-72-82-73;Fax:+34-964-72-84-86. Received:6February2011;inrevisedform:30March2011/Accepted:31March2011/ Published:6April2011 Abstract: One of the most important parts of an autonomous robot is to e