Publications

Aug 10, 1010 · 4 min read

Journal Papers

  1. Murcia, H., & Lacroix, S. (2026). A beam-informed framework for Leaf Area Density estimation from Mobile Terrestrial Laser Scanning. Precision Agriculture, 27(4), 118.

  2. Murcia, H., & Lacroix, S. (2026). A simulation-to-real framework for architectural characterisation of orchard trees using mobile LiDAR. Precision Agriculture, 27(4), 105.

  3. Forero, M. G., Murcia, H. F., Méndez, D., & Betancourt-Lozano, J. (2022). LiDAR platform for acquisition of 3D plant phenotyping database. Plants, 11(17), 2199. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11172199

  4. Murcia, H. F., Tilaguy, S., & Ouazaa, S. (2021). Development of a low-cost system for 3D orchard mapping integrating UGV and LiDAR. Plants, 10(12), 2804. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10122804

  5. Hernandez, A., Murcia, H., Copot, C., & De Keyser, R. (2015). Towards the development of a smart flying sensor: Illustration in the field of precision agriculture. Sensors, 15(7), 16688-16709. https://doi.org/10.3390/s150716688

Conference Papers

  1. Murcia Moreno, H., & Lacroix, S. (2025). From simulation to field: A ground truth-free approach for 3D orchard monitoring. In 15th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, Barcelona, Spain (pp. 553-560). Wageningen Academic. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004725232_072

  2. Murcia Moreno, H., & Lacroix, S. (2025). Simulation of LiDAR, Unmanned Ground Vehicles, and Neural Networks for Leaf Area Estimation in Orchards. In 15th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, Barcelona, Spain (pp. 553-560). Wageningen Academic. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004725232_073

  3. Murcia Moreno, H., & Lacroix, S. (2025). Characterizing Tree Structural Variability in Orchards Using UGV LiDAR Sensing. In CIMM 2025: XII International Congress on Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Automation, Montería, Colombia.

  4. Murcia Moreno, H., & Lacroix, S. (2025). Pilotscan: A Fully Integrated Autonomous Portable LiDAR System for Precise 3D Mapping. In CIMM 2025: XII International Congress on Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Automation, Montería, Colombia.

  5. Murcia, H., Cháux, J., & Aldana, Y. (2022, November). A low-cost 3D mapping system for indoor scenes based on a 2D LiDAR on-board an UGV. In 9th Workshop on Engineering Applications (WEA 2022), Bogotá, Colombia (pp. 337-352). Springer Nature Switzerland.

  6. Murcia, H. F., & Tique Rangel, J. C. (2021). Head-mouse: Software for the manipulation of a mouse cursor by eye and head movement for people with disabilities. Dirección Nacional de Derechos de Autor - Colombia.

  7. Murcia, H. F., & Rubio, C. F. (2021). A comparison of LiDAR odometry and mapping techniques. In 5th IEEE Colombian Conference on Automatic Control (CCAC 2021).

  8. Murcia, H., Sanabria, D., Méndez, D., & Forero, M. G. (2021). A comparative study of 3D plant modeling systems based on low-cost 2D LiDAR and Kinect. In Pattern Recognition. MCPR 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Vol. 12725). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70595-9_24

  9. Murcia, H. F., Sanabria, D. A., Méndez, D., & Forero, M. G. (2020). Development of a simulation tool for 3D plant modeling based on 2D LiDAR sensor. In 2020 Virtual Symposium in Plant Omics Sciences (OMICAS), pp. 1-6.

  10. Méndez, D., Forero, M. G., & Murcia, H. F. (2020, August). Comparative study of point cloud registration techniques between ICP and others. In Applications of Digital Image Processing XLIII (Vol. 11510, p. 115101H). International Society for Optics and Photonics. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2569097

  11. Murcia-Moreno, H., & Triana, J. (2019). A personal activity recognition system based on smart devices. In Workshop Engineering Applications (WEA 2019), Santa Marta, Colombia.

  12. Murcia-Moreno, H., Valenciano-Claros, J., & Tapiero, Y. (2018). Line-follower robot control algorithm. GitHub. https://github.com/HaroldMurcia/Line_Follower

  13. Murcia-Moreno, H., Valenciano-Claros, J., & Tapiero, Y. (2018). Development of a line-follower robot for robotic competition purposes. In Workshop Engineering Applications (WEA 2018), Medellin, Colombia.

  14. Murcia-Moreno, H., & López-Gaona, J. (2018). Towards the connection of agriculture with the Internet of Things in Colombian farms. In Primer Congreso LatinoAmericano de Agricultura de Presición, Santiago de Chile, Chile.

  15. Murcia-Moreno, H., Mora, L., & Monroy, M. F. (2018). 3D scene reconstruction based on a 2D moving LiDAR. In Communications in Computer and Information Science (November 2018). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70595-9_24

  16. Murcia-Moreno, H., González-Quintero, B., & López-Gaona, J. (2017). An online learning method for embedded decision support in agriculture irrigation. In Advances in Information and Communication Technologies for Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: Proceedings of the International Conference of ICT for Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change (AACC'17), Popayán, Colombia (Vol. 687, p. 234). Springer.

  17. Pena, L. E., Murcia, H., Londono, W., & Botina, H. (2017). A low-cost instrumentation system for levels in surface water currents. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Sensors and Electronic Instrumentation Advances (SEIA 2016), Moscow, Russia, pp. 731-740.

  18. Murcia, H., & González, E. (2016). Performance comparison between PID and LQR control on a 2-wheel inverted pendulum robot. In IEEE Colombian Conference on Robotics and Automation (CCRA 2016), Bogotá, Colombia.

  19. Barrero, O., Murcia, H., & Valenciano, J. (2016). Modeling and control of a 4-wheel mobile robot. In XVII Latin American Congress of Automatic Control (CLCA 2016), Medellin, Colombia.

Harold MURCIA
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Harold MURCIA
Postdoctoral Researcher