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Purpose
To construct a commercial agricultural manipulation for fruit picking and handling without human intervention.
Design/methodology/approach
Describes a research activity involving a totally autonomous robot for fruit picking and handling crates.
Findings
Picking time for the robotic fruit picker at 8.7 s per orange is longer than the evaluated cited time of 6 s per orange.
Research limitations/implications
The final system, recently tested, has not yet achieved a level of productivity capable of replacing human pickers. Further mechanical modifications and more robust and adaptive algorithms are needed to achieve a stronger robot system.
Practical implications
Experimental results and new simulations look very promising.
Originality/value
Will help to limit costs and guarantee a high degree of reliability.
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2005
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