Seeing the Fruit for the Leaves: Robotically Mapping Apple Fruitlets in a Commercial Orchard
Ans Qureshi,David Smith,Trevor Gee,Mahla Nejati,Jalil Shahabi,JongYoon Lim,Ho Seok Ahn,Ben McGuinness,Catherine Downes,Rahul Jangali,Kale Black,Hin Lim,Mike Duke,Bruce MacDonald,Henry Williams,Ans Qureshi,David Smith,Trevor Gee,Mahla Nejati,Jalil Shahabi,JongYoon Lim,Ho Seok Ahn,Ben McGuinness,Catherine Downes,Rahul Jangali,Kale Black,Hin Lim,Mike Duke,Bruce MacDonald,Henry Williams
Aotearoa New Zealand has a strong and growing apple industry but struggles to access workers to complete skilled, seasonal tasks such as thinning. To ensure effective thinning and make informed decisions on a per-tree basis, it is crucial to accurately measure the crop load of individual apple trees. However, this task poses challenges due to the dense foliage that hides the fruitlets within the t...
