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Mechanical harvest of tree fruit and grapes involves a number of nearly endless, as well as highly variable, factors and challenges, much in part due to the fact that biological systems are not “ideal” systems under which mechanization and automation have traditionally been successfully developed. This chapter is a general overview of many of the fundamental factors and challenges that surround mechanical harvesting and the development of mechanical harvesting systems and provides some examples of various current and possible future concepts.
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Guyer, D. (2023). Mechanical Harvesting. In: Vougioukas, S.G., Zhang, Q. (eds) Advanced Automation for Tree Fruit Orchards and Vineyards. Agriculture Automation and Control. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26941-7_7
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