Mechanical Harvesting of Fruit
Mechanical Harvesting of Fruit Mechanical Harvesting of Fruit
Robotic harvesting should provide, in principle, the only solution for substituting manual labor for picking perishable fruit destined for the fresh market � Unfortunately, although remarkable and encouraging results have been already obtained (with apple & citrus), robotic harvesting is yet not feasible and can’t be considered as a competitive solution 40
The current status of harvest mechanization worldwide 41
- Page 1 and 2: Mechanized Fruit Harvesting Past ac
- Page 3 and 4: Objectives � To briefly describe
- Page 5 and 6: Statement of the problem 5
- Page 7 and 8: Back in the 70`s there was a commer
- Page 9 and 10: The reason is simple: Rather than m
- Page 11 and 12: Ironic, but sad: The cheap, mainly
- Page 13 and 14: While mechanization is recognized a
- Page 15 and 16: Past Achievements 15
- Page 17 and 18: Unfortunately, after 60 years of R&
- Page 19 and 20: Admittedly, not all harvesting situ
- Page 21 and 22: Ever since Eve has reached out to p
- Page 23 and 24: Labor-Aids Labor-aids are aimed at
- Page 25 and 26: A 4 workers articulated picking- ai
- Page 27 and 28: Disadvantages: �None of the picki
- Page 29 and 30: Mass-harvesting of grapefruit (Isra
- Page 31 and 32: An experimental harvester for jojob
- Page 33 and 34: Mechanical harvester for wine-grape
- Page 35 and 36: Major advantages: � This class of
- Page 37 and 38: Robotic Fruit Harvesting 37
- Page 39: Robotic harvesting Examples of Engi
- Page 43 and 44: Labor-saving machines � Are curre
- Page 45 and 46: In spite of the tremendous R&D work
- Page 47 and 48: What direction should the industry
- Page 49 and 50: A few examples to illustrate the co
- Page 53 and 54: A continuous moving picking-aid 53
- Page 55 and 56: Mechanical harvesting of olives for
- Page 57 and 58: Harvesting dates (in Israel) 57
- Page 59 and 60: In addition we propose: � Changin
The current status <strong>of</strong><br />
harvest mechanization<br />
worldwide<br />
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