Agricultural robot for radicchio harvesting

Relationships among radicchio (Cichorium intybus L.) types grown in Veneto and diversity between local varieties and selected lines as assessed by molecular markers

Red or variegated chicory (Cichorium intybus L., 2n=2x=18) native to, and very extensively cultivated in North-Eastern Italy as a leafy vegetable, locally called “radicchio”, includes different types which represent valuable high-quality crops. The five major types of radicchio cultivated in the Veneto region were investigated by PCR-derived molecular markers (e.g. RAPDs, AP-PCRs, I-SSRs and AF...

CROPS: high tech agricultural robots

In the EU-funded CROPS (Clever Robots for Crops) project high tech robots are developed for site-specific spraying and selective harvesting of fruit and fruit vegetables. The harvesting robots are being designed to harvest high-value crops such as greenhouse vegetables, fruits in orchards and grapes for premium wines. The CROPS robots are also developed for canopy spraying in orchards and for p...

Design of an Autonomous Robotic Vehicle and Development of a Suitable Gripper for Harvesting Sensitive Agricultural Products

A Modular Robot System for Agricultural Applications

Agricultural tasks are manifold: Dependent on the crop, the environment and the desired plant maintenance operation, properties, such as modularity, robustness, compactness or user friendly interfaces, are advantageous for the automation using a robotic system. Therefore, several robotic manipulators have been designed and built for the requirements given by the EU-FP7 project CROPS for multipl...

Low Cost Semi-Autonomous Agricultural Robots In Pakistan-Vision Based Navigation Scalable methodology for wheat harvesting

Robots have revolutionized our way of life in recent years.One of the domains that has not yet completely benefited from the robotic automation is the agricultural sector. Agricultural Robotics should complement humans in the arduous tasks during different subdomains of this sector. Extensive research in “Agribotics” has been carried out in Japan, USA, Australia and Germany focusing mainly on t...