The selection of the right timing for harvest oil palm fresh fruit bunch (FFB) can affect outcome quality, which further imply quality crude (CPO). Truly ripen fruits boost yield and oil. determination ripeness is done with an approach to estimating time cycle approximate number that are detached from their bunches (loose-fruit). study aimed investigate exact harvesting variations in loose at e...

Abstract Intelligent robots for fruit harvesting have been actively developed over the past decades to bridge increasing gap between feeding a rapidly growing population and limited labour resources. Despite significant advancements in this field, widespread use of orchards is yet be seen. To identify challenges formulate future research development directions, work reviews state-of-the-art int...

Multi-robot task allocation mechanisms are de- signed to distribute a set of activities fairly amongst robots. Frequently, this can be framed as multi-criteria optimisation problem, for example minimising cost while max- imising rewards. In soft fruit farms, tasks, such picking ripe at harvest time, assigned human labourers. The work presented here explores the application multi-robot complex p...

We describe the system control architecture of a large, orange harvesting robot. This robot has two independent electrically driven telescopic arms mounted on a common platform which is itself held by a large hydraulic arm. This arm, in turn, is mounted on a tracked vehicle. The telescopic arms have cameras within the end-eeectors, that are used to detect and to measure the position and distanc...

During mechanized table grape harvesting, berries are subjected to vibration and collision, which can cause shedding damage the fruit. Research on berry has primarily focused macroscopic swing modes, reflected in integrated cluster structure idealized particle interactions, as well static response treatments. However, these approaches unable accurately explain characteristics of wobbling during...

While they had failed to solve the mystery, we showed clearly that the disease is an encephalopathy, associated with hypoglycemia, hence metabolic, and not infectious [2]. We found strong epidemiological association of the disease with litchi fruit [2]. The manifestations are similar to hypoglycemic encephalopathy caused by methylene cyclopropylalanine (MCPA) present in ackee fruit; ackee and l...

Both the Vogel Spindle and Spanish Bush systems will allow for the development of a “pedestrian orchard”. A pedestrian orchard is defined as an orchard where two-thirds of the crop can be harvested from the ground, without the use of tall ladders (Fig. 1). Harvesting fruit from the ground greatly enhances worker productivity. In a study that I conducted in The Dalles, Oregon pickers were able t...

in order to improve the quality and the possibility of fresh pistachio exports , the impact of different harvest time on storage of ‘ahmadaghaii’ pistachio was investigated. in 2011, pistachios harvested at three stages of fruit ripening (40, 70 and 100 percent of hulling) in hulling fresh, fresh without hulling and dried pistachio packaged in pulpy bag and held in two-temperature storage (1 ± ...

A breeding program searching for new peach and nectarine varieties adapted to the Ebro Valley growing conditions is being developed at the Aula Dei Experimental Station (CSIC). This program evaluates 15 populations obtained by controlled crosses. Different agronomic parameters such as blooming date, yield, and ripening date were determined in these populations. Quality traits such as fruit type...