Fruit-and vegetable-harvesting robots are a great addition to Agriculture 4.0 since they are
gradually replacing human labor in challenging activities. In order to achieve the harvesting …

To solve the problems of poor working conditions and high labor intensity for artificially
pruning jujube trees, a pruning scheme using a manipulator is put forward in the present …

Vegetable transplanting is an important and advantageous practice in vegetables
production systems. In recent years, the development of vegetable transplanting tools has …

In view of the plugged-out end-effector that can adapt only to a specific size of the tray, the
needle spacing and angle of the seedling needle are fixed. In this paper, a new type of …

The development of an automatic walking-type pepper transplanter could be effective in
improving the mechanization rate in pepper cultivation, where the dibbling mechanism plays …

In order to reduce ground drop loss during mechanical pepper picking and improve the net
recovery rate, a drum snap finger picking device was designed. The picking device is mainly …

In this study, suitable dimensions were determined for the major design parameters of a
gear-driven hopper-type dibbling mechanism using kinematic analysis, to achieve the …

Seedling transplanting is an essential step in vegetable cultivation. Although vegetable
transplanting can be automated and mechanized, mostly is still performed manually, which …

Topping reduces the growing point at the top of cotton plants. This process enables the plant
to allocate more energy and nutrients to fruit growth, thereby enhancing both the quantity …

Purpose Overturning on uneven and sloped surfaces is an important issue during the
operation of agricultural field machinery. In this study, the geometrical (size and location) …