Optimal manipulator design for a cucumber harvesting robot

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-257

  Van Henten, E J ^a   Van't Slot, D A ^b   Hol, C W J ^c   Van Willigenburg, L G ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Wageningen University ^*  (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cucumber; Greenhouse; Harvest; Optimisation; Robot

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSES; HARVESTING; KINEMATICS; MANIPULATORS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

CUCUMBER; GREENHOUSE; HARVEST; OPTIMISATION; ROBOT;

MACHINE DESIGN;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALGORITHM; DICOTYLEDON; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; HARVESTING; KINEMATICS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 58649097716     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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