Field Performance of a Dual Arm Robotic System for Efficient Tomato Harvesting

The robot device that is being addressed in this research has two arms: one for picking the fruit and the other for chopping it. The arms find and locate pods with the help of a complex vision system that employs cameras. In this human-robot workflow, the operator chooses the tomatoes they want picked, and then the robot does the actual picking. The robot management and communication system use the EtherCAT bus to create a link with the graphical user interface (GUI), enabling human administration and control. The objective of this project is to create and assess a robotic system for harvesting tomatoes, equipped with dual arms. This system incorporates a mobile model equipped with two robotic arms and an end effector to enhance the efficiency of tomato harvesting. The system uses a GUI to enhance interaction between the robot and the human operator. Additionally, it employs a vision model to streamline the process of fruit detection. Findings from this study demonstrate that HMI may significantly improve the accuracy of tomato harvesting robots. Finally, there were some difficulties in developing 3D models because this study included outdoor experiments.