Fruit harvesting apparatus

Details Fruit harvesting apparatus Fruit harvesting apparatus

1986-10-20

1988-01-12

Hirsch, Paul J.

Harvesters

Fruit gatherer

56332, A01D 4624

Patent

active

047182237

ABSTRACT:
A harvesting apparatus for automatically removing fruit from its growth source comprising a harvesting hand mounted at a distal end of an articulated arm assembly, a video camera for picking up a fruit image, and a control unit for guiding the harvesting hand to the fruit in response to information provided by the video camera. The harvesting hand includes a vacuum pad for drawing and catching the fruit, and a calyx cutting device. The vacuum pad and cutting device are movable relative to each other between a first position in which the vacuum pad is disposed forwardly of the cutting device for approaching and drawing the fruit and a second position in which the cutting device is disposed forwardly of the vacuum pad for removing the fruit from its tree.

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