Kiwifruit harvesting with robotics can be troublesome due to the clustering feature. The gripper of end effector will easily cause unstable fruit grasping, or bending and separation action interfere neighboring because an inappropriate grasping angle, which further affect success rate. Therefore, predicting correct angle for each guide safely approach, grasp, bend separate fruit. To improve rat...

This work proposes the development of an embedded real-time fruit detection system for future automatic fruit harvesting. The proposed embedded system is based on an ARM Cortex-M4 (STM32F407VGT6) processor and an Omnivision OV7670 color camera. The future goal of this embedded vision system will be to control a robotized arm to automatically select and pick some fruit directly from the tree. Th...

Apple scald is a non-parasitic storage disease that causes great losses to growers and distributors of susceptible varieties. It is believed to be caused by volatile products given off by the fruit (1). Partial remedies for the disease have been known for some time. Delayed picking was suggested by POWELL and FULTON (3) oiled paper wrappers by BROOKS, COOLEY, and FISHER (1), and waxing, and air...

This study investigates the low mechanization level of grape picking, and problems associated with difficult location picking points in three-dimensional space. A method for rapidly locating table grapes based on an infrared tube was proposed this paper. Firstly, Otsu algorithm maximum connected domain were used to obtain image target grape, which realized fast recognition segmentation two-dime...

In the traditional fruit industry, farmers have a lot of to pick in short period time when harvest season approaches. They had hire additional labor during harvesting because needed be harvested accurately and quickly. But cost hiring seasonal workers puts more burden on farmers, especially COVID-19 outbreak. Therefore, this paper designs robotic gripper with an arm adaptive fingertips. The fle...

Due to the growth characteristics of flowers and fruits camellia in same period, vibrating fruit picking machine needs ensure constant rotational speed hydraulic motor when mechanism is operating, achieve a vibration frequency, that can smoothly fall off branches through vibration. In contrast, does not off. this regard, paper deduced state space equation machine’s valve-controlled system desig...

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...

The main aim of this work consists in screening the optimal biotechnology of medicinal mushroom cultivation from the solid-state fermentation and the submerged one by using different kinds of wastes coming from cereal crop processing as well as the agro-food industry. The both fermentation technologies were tested through the controlled cultivation of the medicinal mushrooms Ganoderma lucidum a...

With the rapid development of economy and increasing improvement agricultural production level, people’s demand for fruits is also year by year. China largest fruit consumption country in world. According to relevant statistics reported China, end 2019, total amount various sold had reached about 270 million tons, with apples accounting 48% global output pears 69% national output. However, Chin...