Design-in-use applied to Brazilian agriculture: The case of citrus and sugarcane harvesting

Narimoto, Lidiane Regina; Costa, Simone Emmanuelle Alves; Camarotto, João Alberto

doi:10.3233/wor-203101

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“…Citrus is one of the most popular fruits in China, with an area of 2788.6 thousand hectares and a production of 51.129 million tons by 2021, ranked first in the world [1]. Harvesting is one of the most important aspects of citrus production, which is seasonal and labor-intensive [2,3], and the cost of harvesting citrus manually accounts for 55% of the total cost of citrus production [4,5]. The citrus harvesting time is short, manual work is inefficient, and there is a risk of being cut by branches during operation [6].…”

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End-Effectors Developed for Citrus and Other Spherical Crops

Wang

Jiang

2022

Applied Sciences

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Citrus harvesting is time-intensive and labor-intensive, relying mainly on manual harvesting. The automatic harvesting of fruit and vegetable crops can not only reduce the physical labor of fruit farmers in the harsh field environment but also greatly improve the harvesting efficiency. Based on the principle of manual citrus picking, an end-effector with three-finger grasping is designed in this study. First, the structure of the end-effector was designed to achieve the function of stable grasping and effective cutting of citrus fruits, and then the working process and key parameters of the end-effector were explained in detail. Finally, a picking test was conducted without considering robot vision. The test results show that the end-effector has a picking success rate of 95.23% for citrus with a diameter of 30–100 mm and an average picking time of 4.65 s for a single fruit. This end-effector can realize the picking function for citrus of different sizes and shapes and has the advantages of high adaptability, stable gripping and no damage to the fruit.

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End-Effectors Developed for Citrus and Other Spherical Crops

Wang

Jiang

2022

Applied Sciences

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“…The prior ergonomic design of the workplace will minimize musculoskeletal risks (Koiri, 2020[ 39 ]). In addition, crop mechanization will reduce workplace accidents (Narimoto et al, 2020[ 45 ]); however, mechanization is associated with musculoskeletal problems derived from vibrations, which are usually minimal due to improvements that have been made (Benos et al, 2020[ 7 ]). Furthermore, it is associated with adopting forced postures as a consequence of handling the machinery (operating the gear lever, command levers, brakes, clutch pedal and steering, along with postures taken when looking, observing and manoeuvring; Romano et al, 2020[ 54 ]).…”

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confidence: 99%