Robotic Untangling of Herbs and Salads with Parallel Grippers

Prabhakar Ray,Matthew J. Howard,Prabhakar Ray,Matthew J. Howard

Robotic packaging of fresh leafy produce such as herbs and salads generally involves picking out a target mass from a pile or crate of plant material. Typically, for low-complexity parallel grippers, the weight picked can be controlled by varying the opening aperture. However, often individual strands of plant material get entangled with each other, causing more to be picked out than desired. This...