Development and Evaluation of a Watermelon-Harvesting Robot Prototype: Vision System and End-Effector

Over the past decade, there have been increasing attempts to integrate robotic harvesting technology into agricultural scenarios to reduce growing labour costs and increase crop yields. In this paper, we demonstrate a prototype harvesting robot for picking watermelons in greenhouses. For robotic har...

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Published in:	Agronomy
Main Authors:	Jiacheng Rong, Jun Fu, Zhiqin Zhang, Jinliang Yin, Yuzhi Tan, Ting Yuan, Pengbo Wang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2022-11-01
Subjects:	agricultural robot watermelon end-effector fruit detection deep learning
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/12/11/2836