Robot for handling plants, e.g. tomatoes in greenhouse, has arm movement controlled by load cells which calculate size and direction of applied force

摘要

The load cells (15) used to control movement of the robot arm (7, 8) are designed to calculate the size and direction of the force being applied. The handling action is carried out by a device at the end of the robot arm, movement of which towards the plant (2) is carried out by controls (12) on the basis of information from image sensors and load cells. The device at the end of the arm can be a cutter or grab.