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View article: A Modular Soft Gripper with Embedded Force Sensing and an Iris-Type Cutting Mechanism for Harvesting Medium-Sized Crops
A Modular Soft Gripper with Embedded Force Sensing and an Iris-Type Cutting Mechanism for Harvesting Medium-Sized Crops Open
Agriculture is facing increasing challenges due to labor shortages, rising productivity demands, and the need to operate in unstructured environments. Robotics, particularly soft robotics, offers promising solutions for automating delicate…
View article: DigiHortiRobot: An AI-Driven Digital Twin Architecture for Hydroponic Greenhouse Horticulture with Dual-Arm Robotic Automation
DigiHortiRobot: An AI-Driven Digital Twin Architecture for Hydroponic Greenhouse Horticulture with Dual-Arm Robotic Automation Open
The integration of digital twin technology with robotic automation holds significant promise for advancing sustainable horticulture in controlled environment agriculture. This article presents DigiHortiRobot, a novel AI-driven digital twin…
View article: Design and Experimental Assessment of 3D-Printed Soft Grasping Interfaces for Robotic Harvesting
Design and Experimental Assessment of 3D-Printed Soft Grasping Interfaces for Robotic Harvesting Open
Robotic harvesters and grippers have been widely developed for fruit-picking tasks. However, existing approaches often fail to account for the fruit’s post-harvest condition, leading to premature decay due to excessive grasping forces. Thi…
View article: Parallel Fin Ray Soft Gripper with Embedded Mechano-Optical Force Sensor
Parallel Fin Ray Soft Gripper with Embedded Mechano-Optical Force Sensor Open
The rapid advancement in soft robotics over the past decade has driven innovation across the industrial, medical, and agricultural sectors. Among various soft robotic designs, Fin Ray-inspired soft grippers have demonstrated remarkable ada…
View article: Automated Seeding in Hydroponic Greenhouse With a Dual-Arm Robotic System
Automated Seeding in Hydroponic Greenhouse With a Dual-Arm Robotic System Open
Automation in agriculture, often referred to as Agriculture 4.0, has attracted significant interest in recent decades. The integration of technologies like artificial intelligence, robotic manipulation, and autonomous navigation, commonly …
View article: Soft gripper for small fruits harvesting and pick and place operations
Soft gripper for small fruits harvesting and pick and place operations Open
Agriculture 4.0 presents several challenges for the automation of various operations, including the fundamental task of harvesting. One of the crucial aspects in the automatic harvesting of high value crops is the grip and detachment of de…
View article: Manufacturing of 3D Printed Soft Grippers: A Review
Manufacturing of 3D Printed Soft Grippers: A Review Open
Soft robotics technology has been rapidly expanding in recent years due to its advantages in flexibility and safety for human operators. Within this trend, soft grippers enable more delicate and adaptable manipulations, minimizing damage t…
View article: Diaphragm-Type Pneumatic-Driven Soft Grippers for Precision Harvesting
Diaphragm-Type Pneumatic-Driven Soft Grippers for Precision Harvesting Open
Soft actuator technology and its role in robotic manipulation have been rapidly gaining ground. However, less attention has been given to the potential advantages of its application to the agricultural sector, where soft robotics may be a …
View article: Soft Grippers for Automatic Crop Harvesting: A Review
Soft Grippers for Automatic Crop Harvesting: A Review Open
Agriculture 4.0 is transforming farming livelihoods thanks to the development and adoption of technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and robotics, traditionally used in other productive sectors. Soft robotics …
View article: Field Robots for Intelligent Farms—Inhering Features from Industry
Field Robots for Intelligent Farms—Inhering Features from Industry Open
Estimations of world population growth urgently require improving the efficiency of agricultural processes, as well as improving safety for people and environmental sustainability, which can be opposing characteristics. Industry is pursuin…
View article: A Design Criterion Based on Shear Energy Consumption for Robotic Harvesting Tools
A Design Criterion Based on Shear Energy Consumption for Robotic Harvesting Tools Open
Smart and precise agriculture has increasingly been developed in the last decade, and with that, the idea of optimizing the tools commonly used in this field. One way to improve these devices, particularly cutting tools conceived for harve…
View article: Unmanned Ground Vehicles for Smart Farms
Unmanned Ground Vehicles for Smart Farms Open
Forecasts of world population increases in the coming decades demand new production processes that are more efficient, safer, and less destructive to the environment. Industries are working to fulfill this mission by developing the smart f…
View article: Robotic Aubergine Harvesting Using Dual-Arm Manipulation
Robotic Aubergine Harvesting Using Dual-Arm Manipulation Open
Interest in agricultural automation has increased considerably in recent decades due to benefits such as improving productivity or reducing the labor force. However, there are some current problems associated with unstructured environments…
View article: The Politics of Sampling in the Age of Machine Learning
The Politics of Sampling in the Age of Machine Learning Open
In this essay, Eduardo Navas considers the political implications of sampling as a cultural variable in relation to aesthetics and labor in juxtaposition with the emergence of machine learning and artificial intelligence. Navas reflects on…