Design and simulation of an integrated end-effector for picking kiwifruit by robot

The harvesting of fresh kiwifruit is a labor-intensive operation that accounts for more than 25% of annual production costs. Mechanized harvesting technologies are thus being developed to reduce labor requirements for harvesting kiwifruit. To improve the efficiency of a harvesting robot for picking...

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Main Authors: Longtao Mu, Gongpei Cui, Yadong Liu, Yongjie Cui, Longsheng Fu, Yoshinori Gejima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:Information Processing in Agriculture
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214317318304372