Pruning End-Effectors State of the Art Review
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Francisco Oliveira, Vítor Tinoco, António Valente, Tatiana Pinho, José Boaventura Cunha, Filipe N. SantosAuthors Info & Claims
Francisco Oliveira, Vítor Tinoco, António Valente, Tatiana Pinho, José Boaventura Cunha, Filipe N. SantosAuthors Info & ClaimsPages 169 - 180
Abstract
Pruning consists on an agricultural trimming procedure that is crucial in some species of plants to promote healthy growth and increased yield. Generally, this task is done through manual labour, which is costly, physically demanding, and potentially dangerous for the worker. Robotic pruning is an automated alternative approach to manual labour on this task. This approach focuses on selective pruning and requires the existence of an end-effector capable of detecting and cutting the correct point on the branch to achieve efficient pruning. This paper reviews and analyses different end-effectors used in robotic pruning, which helped to understand the advantages and limitations of the different techniques used and, subsequently, clarified the work required to enable autonomous pruning.
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Sep 2024
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ISBN:978-3-031-73496-0
DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-73497-7
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