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Oxbo Raspberry & Blueberry Harvesters

Oxbo · 1.1M views · 2014-10-13 · 7:09

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Overview

A promotional video from Oxbo showing its blueberry and raspberry harvesting machines in operation. It demonstrates mechanical berry harvesting at commercial scale.

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HN cites it as evidence that commercial berry harvesting is done by mechanical shaking and agitation, in contrast to slow picking robots.

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What people said

dehrmann · 2020-09 · Reference

I think only olives are harvested like that. Table (i.e. non-juice) apples are too fragile to knock to the ground. For berries, [VIDEO] . Strawberries are different because they're practically on the ground. Not to discount your point. Coconuts don't work like any of these.

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Animats · 2019-05 · Reference

Yes. This is an academic prototype. And it's really, really slow.[1] There are much better robotic fruit pickers.[2][3]. And the commercial ones that do this entirely by mechanical means.[4] [1] [LINK] [2] [LINK] [3] [LINK] [4] [VIDEO]

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contingencies · 2019-05 · Reference

1 = Raspberries outdoor. Camera and two-finger gripper + pull. 2 = Apples outdoor. Camera and three-finger gripper + twist + pull 3 = Strawberries indoor/outdoor. Camera and two-finger gripper + pull. 4 = Blueberries + raspberries outdoor. Multiple general agitator designs + fall. (see [VIDEO] ) I think the fourth is the only honestly commercially viable option. However, it's never going to work with most fruit, because it relies upon general agitation to disconnect the fruit. Additionally, all of the solutions require neatly cropped rows. Whereas, the promise of robotics is that it will allow intercropping which creates more productive land with a stronger and more natural ecosystem, reducing outlays on pesticide, herbicide, fertilizer and related labour and increasing effective crop density and land use. None of these solutions even touch on these very real opportunities. FWIW, I am personally confident that my R&D team (who normally work on food production and packaging robotics) could produce a functionally superior prototype to the OP video in a matter of weeks, for a fraction of the budget.

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