Estimations of world population growth urgently require improving the efficiency agricultural processes, as well safety for people and environmental sustainability, which can be opposing characteristics. Industry is pursuing these objectives by developing concept “intelligent factory” (also referred to “smart factory”) and, studying similarities between industry agriculture, we exploit achievements attained in agriculture. This article focuses on those regarding robotics advance agriculture...

Interest in agricultural automation has increased considerably recent decades due to benefits such as improving productivity or reducing the labor force. However, there are some current problems associated with unstructured environments make developing a robotic harvester challenge. This article presents dual-arm aubergine harvesting robot consisting of two arms configured an anthropomorphic manner optimize dual workspace. To detect and locate aubergines automatically, we implemented...

Motivated by the ongoing debate on food security and global trend of adopting new emerging technologies in aftermath COVID-19, this research focuses challenges opportunities agriculture digitalization Spain. This process digital transformation agricultural sector is expected to significantly affect productivity, product quality, production costs, sustainability environmental protection. For reason, our study reviews legal, technical, infrastructural, educational, financial market that can...

Agriculture 4.0 presents several challenges for the automation of various operations, including fundamental task harvesting. One crucial aspects in automatic harvesting high value crops is grip and detachment delicate fruits without spoiling them or interfering with environment. Soft robotic systems, particularly soft grippers, offer a promising solution this problem, as they can operate unstructured environments, manipulate objects delicately, interact safely humans. In context, article...

Autonomous robots in the agri-food sector are increasing yearly, promoting application of precision agriculture techniques. The same applies to online services and techniques implemented over Internet, such as Internet Things (IoT) cloud computing, which make big data, edge digital twins technologies possible. Developers autonomous vehicles understand that for must take advantage these on strengthen their usability. This integration can be achieved using different strategies, but existing...

The rapid advancement in soft robotics over the past decade has driven innovation across industrial, medical, and agricultural sectors. Among various robotic designs, Fin Ray-inspired grippers have demonstrated remarkable adaptability efficiency handling delicate objects. However, integration of force sensors remains a significant challenge, as conventional rigid compromise inherent flexibility compliance systems. This study presents parallel gripper based on Ray effect, incorporating an...

Robotic harvesters and grippers have been widely developed for fruit-picking tasks. However, existing approaches often fail to account the fruit’s post-harvest condition, leading premature decay due excessive grasping forces. This study addresses this gap by designing evaluating passive soft interfaces rigid robotic grippers, aiming handle delicate fruits vegetables while minimizing bruising. Using hyperelastic materials 3D printing, four different interface designs, including Gyroid, Grid,...

The objective of the research presented in this paper was to design an accurate and robust algorithm for challenging task detecting field-grown cucumbers robotic harvesting automation precision agriculture applications. proposed is based on a combination several processing data mining techniques achieve classification system capable segmenting from different elements scene, such as leaves, stems, ground, stones, irrigation pipes. includes support vector machine pixel classifier that provides...

The motivation of this research was to explore the feasibility detecting and locating fruits from different kinds crops in natural scenarios. To end, a unique, modular easily adaptable multisensory system set associated pre-processing algorithms are proposed. offered rig combines high resolution colour camera multispectral for detection fruits, as well discrimination elements plants, Time-Of-Flight (TOF) that provides fast acquisition distances enabling localisation targets coordinate space....

Mobile robots have become increasingly important across various sectors and are now essential in agriculture due to their ability navigate effectively precisely crop fields. Navigation involves the integration of several technologies, including robotics, control theory, computer vision, artificial intelligence, among others. Challenges robot navigation, particularly agriculture, include mapping, localization, path planning, obstacle detection, guiding control. Accurate detection crucial for...

This paper proposes a sequential masking algorithm based on the K-means method that combines RGB and multispectral imagery for discrimination of Cabernet Sauvignon grapevine elements in unstructured natural environments, without placing any screen behind canopy previous preparation vineyard. In this way, image pixels are classified into five clusters corresponding to leaves, stems, branches, fruit background. A custom-made sensory rig integrates CCD camera servo-controlled filter wheel has...

Soft technologies are called to produce a significant advance in the manipulation of delicate objects. A field that is presented as especially attractive for its application automation selective harvesting high value crops. This article addresses design soft gripper and adaptation dual-arm robotic system precision agriculture tasks. The experimental tests carried out demonstrate feasibility effectiveness proposed prototype.

Nowadays, with highly developed instrumentation, sensing and actuation technologies, it is possible to foresee an important advance in the field of autonomous and/or semi-autonomous transportation systems. Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) have been subjected very active research for many years, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) one area major interest. Among most promising transport infrastructures, articulated bus interesting, low cost, high occupancy capacity friendly option. In this paper,...

Soft actuator technology and its role in robotic manipulation have been rapidly gaining ground. However, less attention has given to the potential advantages of application agricultural sector, where soft robotics may be a game changer due greater adaptability, lower cost simplicity manufacture. This article presents new design approach for grippers based on modules that incorporate concept bellows combine it with versatility replicability 3D printed structure. In this way, can freely...

Purpose – This paper aims to provide an insight into recent advancements and developments of robotics for Natural Orifice Transluminal Surgery (NOTES) procedures. Design/methodology/approach Following introduction that highlights the evolution from Minimally Invasive (MIS) NOTES in medical field, this reviews main systems have been designed implemented MIS NOTES, summarising their advantages limitations remarking technological challenges requirements still should be addressed fulfilled....

Urine output (UO) is usually measured manually each hour in acutely ill patients. This task consumes a substantial amount of time. Furthermore, the literature there evidence that more frequent (minute-by-minute) UO measurement could impact clinical decision making and improve patient outcomes. However, it not feasible to take minute-by-minute measurements. A device capable automatically monitoring save precious time healthcare staff outcomes through precise continuous this parameter. paper...

Smart and precise agriculture has increasingly been developed in the last decade, with that, idea of optimizing tools commonly used this field. One way to improve these devices, particularly cutting conceived for harvesting purposes, is measure shear energy consumption required a particular plant. The aim research establish both design criterion grippers quantifiable evaluate classify tool specific crop. This could help minimize future robots, making them more energy-efficient.

Critical care units are equipped with commercial monitoring devices capable of sensing patients' physiological parameters and supervising the achievement established therapeutic goals. This avoids human errors in this task considerably decreases workload healthcare staff. However, at present there still is a very relevant parameter that measured supervised manually by critical units' staff: urine output. paper presents patent-pending device automatically recording output patient. A high...