Look at a robot that picks apples: it does it in 7 seconds

Like many industries around the world, Australia's fruit picking sector has been hit hard byCOVID-19 pandemic,

It is usually filled by tourists who want toLocal researchers have come up with a creative partial solution to this problem by developing a fruit-picking robot.He picks apples in orchards at high speed.

The robot uses a combination of cameras and algorithmsdeep learning to scan trees in the garden and detect fruit fragments. To do this, it processes information about their shape and the location of the stem-branch junction to minimize damage to the tree and surrounding foliage.

The robot collects apples using speciallydeveloped soft grip with pneumatic drive and four independently operated fingers and suction system. It removes apples effectively, minimizing damage to the fruit and the tree itself.

New robot identifies over 90% of apples in the fieldview of its camera and at a distance of about 1.2 m. By the way, the machine works in any light and weather conditions, and it takes less than 200 milliseconds to process an apple image.

This year, the researchers are conducting field tests of their apple-picking robot.Engineers report that it damaged less than 6% of the "catch" by accidentally removing apple stems (although such fruits can stillsold by some retailers).

When the machine is running at half speed, it willidentified, picked, and laid an apple every 12.6 seconds. Optimization of the fruit picking and stacking process has reduced the time to 9 seconds. In the end, the robot coped with full power in 7 seconds - it took so much time for one apple.

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The stems of the apple tree attach the fruit to the tree. The stem connects to the apple in the region of the depression and is considered part of the apple.