Manual harvesting of fruits is an expensive, time‐consuming, and labor‐intensive operation.
Due to labor shortages in the late 1950s, mechanical harvesters were developed to reduce …

Accurate and early estimation of citrus yields is important for both producers and agricultural
cooperatives to be competitive and make informed decisions when selling their products …

Mechanized harvesting technologies with shaking systems for fruit industry have been
widely investigated and significantly developed over the past several decades which were …

This study addresses the challenges of low detection precision and limited generalization
across various ripeness levels and varieties for large non-green-ripe citrus fruits in complex …

A designed lightweight experimental shaker successfully used to collect ornamental
oranges has been tested to harvest fresh market citrus. The aim of this study was to evaluate …

Production of California table olives has declined significantly in recent years due to hand
harvesting costs, often over 60% of gross return. Mechanical harvesting could sharply …

The profitability of fresh citrus crops outlines the possibility of using mechanical systems to
reduce the high cost of the manual harvesting operation. In this line, an experimental light …

Highlights The motion responses of fruits varied greatly in different excitation modes. The
excitation modes included horizontal, vertical, and rotational. The shedding frequency of …

The most effective method for harvesting forest fruit is the mechanical vibration harvesting
method. During the forced vibration process, the fruit will be shed from the tree when the …

Highlights The frequency domain modal parameters identification method was applied to a
ginkgo tree. Dynamic characteristics of the ginkgo tree were tested during five phenological …