Location: Sugarbeet and Bean Research
Project Number: 5050-43640-003-025-S
Project Type: Non-Assistance Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Sep 1, 2024
End Date: Aug 31, 2025
Objective:
To develop a comprehensive coordination system for a dual-arm robotic harvester for faster and more efficient picking of apples.
Approach:
1. Design and evaluate a comprehensive coordination system by taking into consideration the capabilities and constraints of the perception system, dual-arm manipulator, and vacuum picking system, to increase the harvesting efficiency of the dual-arm robotic harvester.
2. Explore and optimize various coordination strategies to ensure all hardware components of the dual-arm robotic harvester work together seamlessly for fruit harvesting.
3. Test and evaluate the performance of the dual-arm robotic harvester along with the coordination algorithms in both indoor and outdoor environments.
