A preliminary investigation on upper limb exoskeleton assistance for simulated agricultural tasks

HH Harith, MF Mohd, SN Sowat - Applied Ergonomics, 2021 - Elsevier
Manual harvesting is still prevalent in the agricultural industry. Accordingly, it is one of the
largest contributors toward work-related musculoskeletal disorder. The cutting task in oil …

Foreign labor shortages in the malaysian palm oil industry: impacts and recommendations

MZ Crowley - Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, 2020 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
Malaysia's plantation industry and economy, as a whole, has benefitted from foreign labor
and remains crucially dependent upon it. Yet, this dependence can prevent optimum …

Bibliometric analysis of oil palm pre-harvest machinery

D Santoso, D Murdianto, S Egra, E Wahyuni… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2025 - SciELO Brasil
This bibliometric study aimed to explore research on oil palm pre-harvest machinery from
2000 to 2022 by reviewing a total of 557 articles, published in 195 selected journals, with …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a harvesting and transportation machine for oil palm plantations

MKFM Radzi, MAM Bakri, MRM Khalid - Journal of the Saudi Society of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Harvesting and transportation represent a substantial proportion of the labor cost of a
plantation. Additionally, it involves continuous production of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) by oil …

Robotic date fruit harvesting using machine vision and a 5‐DOF manipulator

P Mohammadi, J Massah… - Journal of Field …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Date fruits can be found at the highest point of the palm tree, so harvesting can be a
dangerous task for humans. In this study, a robotic arm is presented to harvest date fruits. A …

[PDF][PDF] Segregation of oil palm fruit ripeness using color sensor

A Mustaffa, F Arith, NIF Peong, NR Jaffar… - Indonesian Journal of …, 2022 - academia.edu
Oil palm is an important industry that has contributed to income and support to the economic
sector especially for Malaysia and Indonesia. However, most of the equipment in the oil …

[HTML][HTML] Adoption of mechanization alternatives in oil palm crops in the Colombian Orinoquía natural region

A Zapata-Hernández, E Ruiz-Álvarez, N Arias… - OCL, 2024 - ocl-journal.org
The Orinoquía Natural Region in Colombia, particularly the Cumaral and Bajo Upía
subzone, serves as the country's primary palm oil production area. However, it faces with …

[PDF][PDF] Bilateral Teleoperation with a Shared Design of Master and Slave Devices for Robotic Excavators in Agricultural Applications

IA Rozaini, NENA Zakey, MHM Zaman… - Int. J. Exp. Res …, 2023 - academia.edu
The main objective of this study is to develop a shared design of master and slave devices
for bilateral teleoperation mechanisms used for robotic excavators in agricultural …

[PDF][PDF] Trend of harvesting of oil palm fruit; the mechanisms, and challenges

A Oyedeji, A Umar, L Kuburi, I Apeh - Int. J. Sci. Res. Engine …, 2020 - academia.edu
Demand for oil palm has increased over the years due to increase in population, and an
increase in the demand for biofuels as alternative sources of energy. With this increase in …

Autonomous harvest collecting machine load prediction system using machine learning

R Narendran, V Thiruchelvam, V Cherskoy… - AIP Conference …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
This project delves into the groundbreaking technology of the automated harvest collecting
machine, meticulously designed to enhance palm oil fruit collection and storage. It stands …