5 papers
A Modular Dual-Arm Apple Harvesting Robot with Enhanced Field Performance
Keyi Zhu, Kyle Lammers, Chaaran Arunachalam +3
Robotic apple harvesting offers a promising solution to labor shortages in commercial orchards, but low throughput and poor performance in orchard environments hinder its commercia…
Object-Centric 3D Gaussian Splatting for Strawberry Plant Reconstruction and Phenotyping
Jiajia Li, Keyi Zhu, Qianwen Zhang +3
Strawberries are among the most economically significant fruits in the United States, generating over $2 billion in annual farm-gate sales and accounting for approximately 13% of t…
Advancement and Field Evaluation of a Dual-arm Apple Harvesting Robot
Keyi Zhu, Kyle Lammers, Kaixiang Zhang +5
Apples are among the most widely consumed fruits worldwide. Currently, apple harvesting fully relies on manual labor, which is costly, drudging, and hazardous to workers. Hence, ro…
Data-Enabled Neighboring Extremal: Case Study on Model-Free Trajectory Tracking for Robotic Arm
Amin Vahidi-Moghaddam, Keyi Zhu, Kaixiang Zhang +2
Data-enabled predictive control (DeePC) has recently emerged as a powerful data-driven approach for efficient system controls with constraints handling capabilities. It performs op…
Foundation Model-Based Apple Ripeness and Size Estimation for Selective Harvesting
Keyi Zhu, Jiajia Li, Kaixiang Zhang +4
Harvesting is a critical task in the tree fruit industry, demanding extensive manual labor and substantial costs, and exposing workers to potential hazards. Recent advances in auto…