Harvesters – Fruit gatherer
Patent
1994-07-26
1995-06-27
Buiz, Michael Powell
Harvesters
Fruit gatherer
A01D 4500
Patent
active
054269270
ABSTRACT:
An automated fruit picker with a base, a flexible arm containing two segments movably attached to each other, a cutting assembly attached to the flexible arm, and a controller for varying the angle between the arms and the height of the flexible arm. A cutting assembly is attached to one of the arm segments and contains a multiplicity of sensors for evaluating the color of the fruit to be picked, the location of the fruit, and the distance between the fruit and the cutting assembly.
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patent: 5220775 (1993-06-01), Vogel et al.
Hardy Thomas C.
Wang Xingwu
Buiz Michael Powell
Greenwald Howard J.
Greenwald Howard J.
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