Computer vision-based high-quality tea automatic plucking robot using Delta parallel manipulator

H Yang, L Chen, Z Ma, M Chen, Y Zhong… - … and Electronics in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aiming to reduce the labour cost and improve the competitiveness of the tea production, this
paper presents a complete solution, including the mechanical structure, the visual …

In-field tea shoot detection and 3D localization using an RGB-D camera

Y Li, L He, J Jia, J Lv, J Chen, X Qiao, C Wu - Computers and Electronics in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tea shoot detection and localization are highly challenging tasks because of varying
illumination, inevitable occlusion, tiny targets, and dense growth. To achieve the automatic …

Localizing plucking points of tea leaves using deep convolutional neural networks

YT Chen, SF Chen - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2020 - Elsevier
Tea (Camellia sinensis) is one of the most commonly consumed beverages worldwide. Tea
leaves are plucked by hand or using a machine. Hand plucking prevents broken leaves and …

[HTML][HTML] Tea picking point detection and location based on Mask-RCNN

T Wang, K Zhang, W Zhang, R Wang, S Wan… - Information Processing …, 2023 - Elsevier
The accurate identification, detection, and segmentation of tea buds and leaves are
important factors for realizing intelligent tea picking. A tea picking point location method …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and picking point positioning of tender tea shoots based on MR3P-TS model

L Yan, K Wu, J Lin, X Xu, J Zhang, X Zhao… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tea is one of the most common beverages in the world. In order to reduce the cost of
artificial tea picking and improve the competitiveness of tea production, this paper proposes …

[HTML][HTML] Recognition and positioning of fresh tea buds using YOLOv4-lighted+ ICBAM model and RGB-D sensing

S Guo, SC Yoon, L Li, W Wang, H Zhuang, C Wei, Y Liu… - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
To overcome the low recognition accuracy, slow speed, and difficulty in locating the picking
points of tea buds, this paper is concerned with the development of a deep learning method …

[HTML][HTML] 3D Imaging with Fringe Projection for Food and Agricultural Applications—A Tutorial

B Balasubramaniam, J Li, L Liu, B Li - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The rising global population, in conjunction with the increasing demand, decreasing labor
supply, and increasing costs in the agricultural sector, has induced a need for automation in …

Plucking motions for tea harvesting robots using probabilistic movement primitives

K Motokura, M Takahashi, M Ewerton… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter proposes a harvesting robot capable of plucking tea leaves. In order to harvest
high-quality tea, the robot is required to pluck the petiole of the leaf without cutting it using …

[HTML][HTML] Deviation tolerance performance evaluation and experiment of picking end effector for famous tea

Y Zhu, C Wu, J Tong, J Chen, L He, R Wang, J Jia - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
Accurately obtaining the posture and spatial position of tea buds through machine vision
and other technologies is difficult due to the small size, different shapes, and complex …

[HTML][HTML] Tender Leaf Identification for Early-Spring Green Tea Based on Semi-Supervised Learning and Image Processing

J Yang, Y Chen - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tea is one of the most common beverages in the world. Automated machinery that is
suitable for plucking high-quality green tea is necessary for tea plantations and the …