Agriculture 4.0 is transforming farming livelihoods thanks to the development and adoption
of technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and robotics, traditionally …

Mechanized harvesting technologies with shaking systems for fruit industry have been
widely investigated and significantly developed over the past several decades which were …

In order to address the challenge of labor shortages, and to reduce costs of apple
harvesting, a targeted shake-and-catch technique is being developed at Washington State …

Agriculture 4.0 presents several challenges for the automation of various operations,
including the fundamental task of harvesting. One of the crucial aspects in the automatic …

Highlights•A three-dimensional model of an olive tree including some small branches was
established.•Optimal parameters were determined through modal and harmonic response …

Manual harvesting of fruits is an expensive, time‐consuming, and labor‐intensive operation.
Due to labor shortages in the late 1950s, mechanical harvesters were developed to reduce …

Highlights•More tilting and beam-column motions are found in vibration harvesting.•Fruit
detaching time may be improved using properly designed trellis system.•14 Hz vibration …

In recent years, the fields of application of aerial manipulators have expanded, ranging from
infrastructure inspection to physical interaction with flexible elements, such as branches and …

This study examines the means of reducing the damage to the branches of Camellia oleifera
in the process of vibration picking and solving the problems of low equipment-development …

The overall low detachment percentage in citrus mechanical harvesting is a concerning
problem. Studies of the effects of tine-shaking frequency and penetrating depth on fruit …