IMPROVED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY PICKING A FRUIT

摘要

An improved method and apparatus for automatically picking a fruit is described. During the clamping stage (204), the movement of the fingers (100) is controlled such that a specific maximum clamping force is not exceeded. In addition, during at least a part of the removal stage (206), the mutual position of the fingers (100) is controlled by the drive (110) such that their mutual distance does not increase.