Manual harvesting of fruits is an expensive, time‐consuming, and labor‐intensive operation.
Due to labor shortages in the late 1950s, mechanical harvesters were developed to reduce …

In recent years, the fruit industry has become an important part of agricultural development,
and fruit harvesting is a key stage in the production process. However, picking fruits during …

Fruit harvesting is time-consuming and laborious. Robots can harvest fruits with a high
degree of automation, greatly reducing labor requirements, but are limited by their efficiency …

Fruit detachment force (FDF) between fruit and stem, is one of the important physical
parameters for designing fruit picking robot. Orchards planted with multiple varieties kiwifruit …

Highlights•A three-dimensional model of an olive tree including some small branches was
established.•Optimal parameters were determined through modal and harmonic response …

Walnut (Juglans regia L.) is a highly valuable crop and is widely used as a food, medicine,
and industrial product. Studying walnut detachment force is an important prerequisite for bed …

In this study, we established an effective finite element model for branch-stem-fruit systems
to:(i) simulate responses under different loads; and (ii) intuitively predict the breaking …

This study examines the means of reducing the damage to the branches of Camellia oleifera
in the process of vibration picking and solving the problems of low equipment-development …

Standardized planting architecture is gradually replacing traditional hedge pattern.
However, the development of harvesters adapted to the standardized planting architecture is …

Litchi is one of the most important commercial subtropical fruit with high nutritional and
medicinal value widely planted in South China. With the problems of time-consuming …