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  • December 2006 Issue
  • Robot-ready orchard

    Consistent tree growth and cropping make it easy and fast for a machine to pick the fruit.

    [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] For engineers figuring out how to build a robotic apple harvester, the Auvil Fruit Company orchard at Vantage, Washington, is a dream come true. Every tree limb is precisely positioned on the V trellis to create a fruiting wall and every apple is visible and unobstructed. “I wish the whole industry looked like this,” said Derek Morikawa, chief executive officer with Vision Robotics Corporation in San Diego, California. “All the fresh fruit industry I wish would […]

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