1994 - Volume #18, Issue #3, Page #24
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Fruit-Picking Robot
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The instititute says the idea has the potential to totally eliminate the need for human fruit pickers. In apples, for instance, the hydraulic-controlled picker arm uses electronic sensors to search out apples from among the leaves and branches. An on-board computer continuously analyzes shapes and sizes "seen" by the sensors. Once it finds the fruit - it can pick ripe fruit based on color - it uses vacuum power to pluck the apple off the tree and lay it in a foam-covered trough.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, CEMAGREF, B.P. 22, 92162 Antony Cedex,France(ph 140966188; fax 14096 6142).
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