Mechanical Properties of Bell Pepper Fruits, as Related to the Development of its Harvesting Robot

Adequate knowledge of the mechanical properties fruits is required for optimization harvesting robots. This study was carried out to evaluate some physical and bell pepper fruits, which will be useful design utilization Some (failure force, failure energy compressibility) matured were evaluated at three different dimension sizes two fruit orientations, according American Society Agricultural Biological Engineers (ASABE) approved procedure. Results obtained from this revealed that size orientation had significant (p ? 0.05) effect on fruits. The force increased significantly as locule number increases 3 4. Relatively, results small large size. As portrayed by results, when loaded in natural position higher than values obtained, compressed vertical position; irrespective absorbed compressive (pressure) energy, regardless number. present information design, programming handling