A robotic harvester being developed by Vision Robotics employs a two-step approach. First, a scout system maps the location of the fruit on the tree. Then the harvester’s eight vision-guided arms pick the fruit. The scout system assesses the size and grad A robotics company is developing a fruit harvester that might not only solve growers’ labor problems but also enable them to pick just the fruit that buyers want and leave the rest on the tree. Vision Robotics Corporation of San Diego, California, is developing the harvester for the citrus industry, though it would work equally well for apples, […]