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 …

Soft robotic grippers for crop handling or harvesting: A review

JF Elfferich, D Dodou, C Della Santina - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, harvesting delicate and high-value fruits, vegetables, and edible fungi requires a
large input of manual human labor. The relatively low wages and many health problems the …

Towards autonomous selective harvesting: A review of robot perception, robot design, motion planning and control

V Rajendran, B Debnath, S Mghames… - Journal of Field …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides an overview of the current state‐of‐the‐art in selective harvesting robots
(SHRs) and their potential for addressing the challenges of global food production. SHRs …

Design and fuzzy control of a robotic gripper for efficient strawberry harvesting

F Dimeas, DV Sako, VC Moulianitis, NA Aspragathos - Robotica, 2015 - cambridge.org
Strawberry is a very delicate fruit that requires special treatment during harvesting. A
hierarchical control scheme is proposed based on a fuzzy controller for the force regulation …

Mechanisms for robotic grasping and manipulation

V Babin, C Gosselin - Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews the literature on the design of robotic mechanical grippers, with a focus
on the mechanical aspects, which are believed to be the main bottleneck for effective …

Comparative study of mechanical damage caused by a two-finger tomato gripper with different robotic grasping patterns for harvesting robots

B Zhang, J Zhou, Y Meng, N Zhang, B Gu, Z Yan… - Biosystems …, 2018 - Elsevier
The fragile structure of the tomato fruit body leads to susceptibility to bruising caused by the
aggressiveness of harvest and postharvest processes. Thus, grasping without damaging the …

Two-fingered Hand with Gear-type Synchronization Mechanism with Magnet for Improved Small and Offset Objects Grasping: F2 Hand

N Fukaya, A Ummadisingu, K Takahashi… - 2023 IEEE/RSJ …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A problem that plagues robotic grasping is the misalignment of the object and gripper due to
difficulties in precise localization, actuation, etc. Under-actuated robotic hands with …

Peduncle gripping and cutting force for strawberry harvesting robotic end-effector design

S Parsa, S Parsons, A Ghalamzan - 2022 4th International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic harvesting of strawberries has gained much interest in the recent past. Although
there are many innovations, they haven't yet reached a level that is comparable to an expert …

Multipurpose agricultural robot platform

S Thaitanun, S Loetthanaphan… - IOP Conference …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
During the last decade, agricultural sector has witnessed a wide adoption of cutting edge
technology not only to improve the quality and quantity of the crops but also to ease the …

Enjambres de robots y sus aplicaciones en la exploración y comunicación

R Solís-Ortega - Memorias de eventos académicos TEC, 2017 - revistas.tec.ac.cr
Enjambres de robots y sus aplicaciones en la exploracion y comunicacion Page 1 Enjambres
de robots y sus aplicaciones en la exploracion y comunicacion Rebeca Solıs-Ortega Escuela …