4 papers
Hierarchical Tri-manual Planning for Vision-assisted Fruit Harvesting with Quadrupedal Robots
Zhichao Liu, Jingzong Zhou, Konstantinos Karydis
This paper addresses the challenge of developing a multi-arm quadrupedal robot capable of efficiently harvesting fruit in complex, natural environments. To overcome the inherent li…
Learning-based Estimation of Forward Kinematics for an Orthotic Parallel Robotic Mechanism
Jingzong Zhou, Yuhan Zhu, Xiaobin Zhang +2
This paper introduces a 3D parallel robot with three identical five-degree-of-freedom chains connected to a circular brace end-effector, aimed to serve as an assistive device for p…
Vision-assisted Avocado Harvesting with Aerial Bimanual Manipulation
Zhichao Liu, Jingzong Zhou, Caio Mucchiani +1
Robotic fruit harvesting holds potential in precision agriculture to improve harvesting efficiency. While ground mobile robots are mostly employed in fruit harvesting, certain crop…
Design of an End-effector with Application to Avocado Harvesting
Jingzong Zhou, Xiaoao Song, Konstantinos Karydis
Robot-assisted fruit harvesting has been a critical research direction supporting sustainable crop production. One important determinant of system behavior and efficiency is the en…