Verification of end effector and image processing system of tomato harvesting robot

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce research on robots that can harvest tomatoes. It is now done by farmers to harvest agricultural crops such as tomatoes. There are problems that many farmers take too much cost and time. Therefore, in this study, we discussed the behavior decision of robot using image processing aiming at autonomous tomato harvesting robot. The tomato harvesting robot aims to harvest after moving to a position where tomato can be recognized and harvested. Also we will redesign the end effector part which was a problem from last year. We also participate in the tomato harvesting robot competition to be held at Kyushu Institute of Technology in December 2016.