Refinement/integration of vacuum-based end effector for fruit picking

Author: Curt Salisbury, Ph.D., Dan Steere

Published: 2015

Summary: This projects objectives were: 1) Refine the nozzle design 2) Develop an ultra-compact decelerator 3) Integrate the end-effector on a commercial robot arm 4) Demonstrate and evaluate the integrated manipulation solution

Keywords:

• Technology
• Autonomous picking sequence
• End effector
• Autonomous picking