Compact Strawberry Harvesting Tube Employing Laser Cutter

Mohamed Sorour,PåL Johan From,Khaled Elgeneidy,Stratis Kanarachos,Mohamed Sallam,Mohamed Sorour,PåL Johan From,Khaled Elgeneidy,Stratis Kanarachos,Mohamed Sallam

In this paper, a novel prototype for hanging produce harvesting is presented, that is productive, versatile, and robust. In our methodology, the robot-mounted tube approaches, and eventually surrounds the produce of interest at the entry side, that can be as small as the produce diameter, plus a small margin. The stem is then cut by a laser beam, with the optics set up for a distant focal point. S...