3 papers
cs.RO2026
How Well Do Pseudo-Rigid Body Models Capture Real Plants? In-Field Validation of Simulated Blueberry Canes
Hannah Kolano, Chelse VanAtter, Wei Yang +2
Many labor-intensive tasks in fruit production such as pruning require physically interacting with the plant (e.g., pushing, pulling, bending limbs, etc.). Due to increasing labor…
cs.RO2026
An analysis of sensor selection for fruit picking with suction-based grippers
Eva Krueger, Marcus Rosette, Joseph R. Davidson
Robotic fruit harvesting often fails to reliably detect whether a fruit has been successfully picked, limiting efficiency and increasing crop damage. This problem is difficult due…
cs.RO2024
Compact robotic gripper with tandem actuation for selective fruit harvesting
Alejandro Velasquez, Cindy Grimm, Joseph R. Davidson
Selective fruit harvesting is a challenging manipulation problem due to occlusions and clutter arising from plant foliage. A harvesting gripper should i) have a small cross-section…