Agricultural production must double by 2050 in order to meet the expected food demand due
to population growth. Precision agriculture is the key to improve productivity and efficiency in …

果园变量喷雾是提高农药有效利用率, 提升果品品质的重要手段之一, 已经成为国内外学者研究
的热点课题. 为明确果园变量喷雾技术与装备已处的研究阶段, 所面临的挑战和未来发展的方向 …

When unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are used for orchard chemicals application,
accurate measurement of the canopy volume can provide decision support for determining …

The application of vibration in the mechanical harvesting of fruit trees is a determining factor
to achieve fruit detachment. The acceleration required to do so is experimentally determined …

Harvest-aid platforms are used in modern orchards to improve manual harvesting efficiency,
safety, and ergonomics. Typically, workers stand at pre-set heights on a platform's multi-level …

Tree fruit harvesting is a labor-intensive operation. Multi-level fruit catching and retrieval
(MFCR) systems have been proposed for the mass harvesting of soft fruits using trunk …

Orchard variable rate spraying technology is beneficial to enhance the pesticide utilization
efficiency and fruit quality, which has been a hot research topic for scholars all over the …

This paper provides a new concept of a modular, task-based agricultural robot whose
construction can be changed using different combinations of basic parts. This way, the robot …

Determining the priority order for grasping stacked fruit clusters such as those of grape and
lychee is a challenging problem in robotic manipulation based on RGB-D images. Grasping …

Orchard harvest-aid platforms are used in high-density orchards with SNAP (Simple,
Narrow, Accessible, and Productive) tree architectures. In these orchards, trees are planted …