Hand-harvesting parameters and postharvest marketability attributes of fresh-market blackberries ( Rubus L. subgenus Watson) were characterized to develop a prototype for soft-robotic gripper robotic harvesting. A custom-made, force-sensing apparatus attached the thumb fingers person hand-harvesting was developed quantify forces used harvest identify appendages Four cultivars grown in Arkansas ...

A substantial part of automated material handling and assembly is the interface between machine and work piece. Most of the robots grippers are not easily applicable for material handling such as the food products are often delicate, easily marked or bruised, adhesive and slippery. This study is an innovative approach of a gripper for handling variable size, shape and weight of unpacked food pr...

A servo adjustable gripper device for gripping and transporting at least two objects such as boxes includes a frame and at least two gripper assemblies connected with carriages slidably connected with the frame. The gripper device further includes a robotic arm which controls further movement and placement of the boxes on a pallet. The position of the gripper assemblies on the frame is adjustab...

A novel MEMS based Electro thermal Gripper is proposed in this paper, the gripper tool proposed in this paper is designed to handle the micro objects of about 100-150 microns. The gripper tool proposed in this article is materialized with Nickel Alloy of UNS NO4400. The material proposed for the Gripper has better heat resistant characteristics and can with stand the high potential applications...

The application of automation for handling of non-rigid or semirigid food products are limited due to lack of appropriate gripper. Most of the robot grippers are not easily applicable due to food products are often delicate, easily marked or bruised, adhesive and slippery. In this paper, we present an innovative approach of a gripper for handling variable size, shape and weight of unpacked food...

This paper discusses a robotic cell that handles geometrically complex products, exploiting cognitive control and actuation systems for the manipulation, assembly packaging. The individual mechatronic components, namely 6-DoF gripper flexible mechanism, have been designed via functional decomposition of actual handling tasks. flexibility these mechanisms is exploited through modules, performing...

The industrial development of cities is the main cause destruction and degradation natural resources around world. Urbanization negatively affects species composition plants, atmosphere soil cover areas populated large World. Tree plantations are mechanism for stabilizing ecological situation in arid territories countries In this regard, order to obtain a number genetically identical plants usi...

Purpose – Passively compliant underactuated mechanisms are one way to obtain the gripper which could accommodate to any irregular and sensitive grasping object. The purpose of the underactuation is to use less active inputs than the number of degrees of freedom of the gripper mechanism to drive the open and close motion of the gripper. Another purpose of underaction is to reduce the number of c...