Selective Harvesting Robotics: Current Research, Trends, and Future Directions
Abstrak
The world-wide demand for agricultural products is rapidly growing. However, despite the growing population, labor shortage becomes a limiting factor for agricultural production. Further automation of agriculture is an important solution to tackle these challenges. Selective harvesting of high-value crops, such as apples, tomatoes, and broccoli, is currently mainly performed by humans, rendering it one of the most labor-intensive and expensive agricultural tasks. This explains the large interest in the development of selective harvesting robots. Selective harvesting, however, is a challenging task for a robot, due to the high levels of variation and incomplete information, as well as safety. This review paper provides an overview of the state of the art in selective harvesting robotics in three different production systems; greenhouse, orchard, and open field. The limitations of current systems are discussed, and future research directions are proposed.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (5)
G. Kootstra
Xin Wang
P. Blok
J. Hemming
E. V. van Henten
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2021
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 181×
- Sumber Database
- Semantic Scholar
- DOI
- 10.1007/s43154-020-00034-1
- Akses
- Open Access ✓