Mingsen Huang

Jiangsu University, Pennsylvania State University

Papers

Total Citations

108

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About

Mingsen Huang is a researcher specializing in agricultural robotics, with a particular focus on automating the harvesting of edible fungi, most notably *Agaricus bisporus* (button mushrooms). His work addresses a critical challenge in modern agriculture: replacing labor-intensive, time-consuming manual harvesting processes with intelligent robotic systems capable of replicating the dexterity and precision of human pickers. Huang's most influential contribution, "Picking Dynamic Analysis for Robotic Harvesting of Agaricus Bisporus Mushrooms" (2021), has accumulated 69 citations and provides foundational biomechanical insights that inform end-effector design for harvesting robots. Building on earlier hand-picking motion studies, he and his collaborators developed a fully integrated robotic harvesting mechanism — encompassing positioning, picking, and stipe trimming — that achieved an impressive 91.4% overall success rate, demonstrating real-world viability for commercial mushroom production. This work, cited 33 times, represents a significant engineering milestone in soft-crop robotic harvesting. With a research trajectory moving from human motion analysis to functional robotic prototyping, Huang's contributions are helping lay the groundwork for scalable, automated solutions in specialty crop agriculture, making him a notable emerging voice in agricultural automation research.