Development Trend of End Effector of Citrus Picking Robot
As a key component of citrus picking robot,the design of end-effector directly affects the picking efficiency and quality.On the basis of sorting out the current research status of end actuators at home and abroad,this paper compared the methods of grasp-ing and fruit stem separation,and concluded that the existing end actuators of citrus picking robots have problems such as low pick-ing efficiency and poor quality in the picking process.The difficulties in the mechanized picking process of citrus were analyzed re-spectively from the perspective of horticulture and machinery,and the future development trend was also proposed.It includes sec-ondary pruning of fruit stem,simplification of structure,improvement of efficiency,improvement of adaptability and integration of harvesting.