Fruit growers could soon harvest and prune using the same device
date:Sep 20, 2022
wers but redcurrant growers too. They have the greatest need for a robot that automatically prunes berry bushes in winter. So the researchers are first building a berry bush clipper and then one for apple and pear trees with their far more complex branch structures.

The big challenge with pruning is that the robot has to recognize annual and biennial wood. Their color and flower buds differ slightly. We're investigating whether a camera system can recognize that and if you could use a set of pa
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