State-of-the-art robotic grippers, grasping and control strategies, as well as their applications in agricultural robots: A review

B Zhang, Y Xie, J Zhou, K Wang, Z Zhang - Computers and Electronics in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Grasping, carrying and placing of objects are the fundamental capabilities and common
operations for robots and robotic manipulators. Grippers are the most essential components …

Actuators and sensors for application in agricultural robots: A review

D Xie, L Chen, L Liu, L Chen, H Wang - Machines, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, with the rapid development of science and technology, agricultural robots
have gradually begun to replace humans, to complete various agricultural operations …

Soft grippers for automatic crop harvesting: A review

E Navas, R Fernández, D Sepúlveda, M Armada… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Agriculture 4.0 is transforming farming livelihoods thanks to the development and adoption
of technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and robotics, traditionally …

A review on multirobot systems in agriculture

C Ju, J Kim, J Seol, HI Son - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural multirobot systems (MRSs) are expected to be essential in future agriculture.
Therefore, MRSs comprising an aerial robot, a ground robot, and a manipulator are being …

[HTML][HTML] Review of smart robots for fruit and vegetable picking in agriculture

Z Wang, Y Xun, Y Wang, Q Yang - International Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - mail.ijabe.org
The fruit and vegetable picking has posed a great challenge on the production and markets
during the harvest season. Manual picking cannot fully meet the rapid requirements of each …

Field robots for intelligent farms—Inhering features from industry

P Gonzalez-de-Santos, R Fernández, D Sepúlveda… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Estimations of world population growth urgently require improving the efficiency of
agricultural processes, as well as improving safety for people and environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Benchmark of deep learning and a proposed HSV colour space models for the detection and classification of greenhouse tomato

G Moreira, SA Magalhães, T Pinho, FN dos Santos… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
The harvesting operation is a recurring task in the production of any crop, thus making it an
excellent candidate for automation. In protected horticulture, one of the crops with high …

Bimanual Grape Manipulation for Human-Inspired Robotic Harvesting

S Stavridis, L Droukas… - IEEE/ASME Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most existing robotic harvesters utilize a unimanual approach with a single arm grasping
and detaching the crop, either via a detachment movement, or stem cutting by a especially …

Technological advancements towards developing a robotic pruner for apple trees: A review

A Zahid, MS Mahmud, L He, P Heinemann… - … and Electronics in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Automation and robotics have been widely applied in many agricultural operations;
however, the production operations of apple trees are usually performed manually. Pruning …

An overview of end effectors in agricultural robotic harvesting systems

E Vrochidou, VN Tsakalidou, I Kalathas, T Gkrimpizis… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the agricultural sector has turned to robotic automation to deal with the
growing demand for food. Harvesting fruits and vegetables is the most labor-intensive and …