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A Literature Review and Design Considerations Towards a Gripper for Tomato Harvesting

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Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics (RAAD 2024)

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The paper reviews current commercial and research solutions in the field of grippers for automated tomato harvesting. The gripping devices are classified according to the method of harvesting tomatoes, namely individual fruits and branches. The requirements that the design of a gripping device for harvesting tomatoes must satisfy are formulated also based on preliminary laboratory tests. The requirements include the mechanical properties of the tomatoes and the required characteristics of the gripping device. A preliminary design concept is also proposed for harvesting tomatoes with a specific focus on the large-size tomato varieties.

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This paper has been funded by the PNRR Next Generation EU TECH4YOU–ECS 00000009, CUP H23C22000370006.

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  1. Department of Mechanical, Energy, and Management Engineering, Università Della Calabria, Rende, Italy

    Dmitry Malyshev, Luigino Filice, Giovanni Mirabelli, Francesco Longo & Giuseppe Carbone

  2. Belgorod State Technological University Named After V. G. Shukhov, Belgorod, Russia

    Dmitry Malyshev & Larisa Rybak

  3. Department of Agricultural Sciences, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy

    Bruno Bernardi

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Malyshev, D. et al. (2024). A Literature Review and Design Considerations Towards a Gripper for Tomato Harvesting. In: Pisla, D., Carbone, G., Condurache, D., Vaida, C. (eds) Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics. RAAD 2024. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 157. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59257-7_55

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