Tevel Aerobotics fruit harvesting robot
by Terrymiller: Science
A new agricultural robot from Tevel Aerobotics is designed to pick ripe fruit automatically and can operate around the clock. Using cameras and computer vision, it assesses each fruit's size and ripeness before harvesting. The robots are deployed from a wheeled base vehicle, as detailed in the linked thread.
Transcript (en)
This robot helps farmers by picking ripe fruits, and it can work 24 hours a day. Developed by Israeli startup company Tevil Aerobotics, the robots use onboard cameras and computer vision to classify fruit size and ripeness, and it uses its grip to pick fruits directly from branches. Each robot unit consists of a wheeled base vehicle, and this vehicle acts as their power source. The robots can harvest until the base vehicle's battery lasts.
