Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have developed an autonomous robot capable of navigating and harvesting strawberries in high-bed cultivation environments using lidar technology.
This innovation addresses Japan’s agricultural labor shortages, particularly the challenges of manual strawberry harvesting.
Assistant Professor Takuya Fujinaga, from the Graduate School of Engineering, led the development of an algorithm enabling the robot to operate in two modes: navigating to predetermined locations and moving alongside raised cultivation beds. [Read more…] about Scientists develop autonomous robot to harvest strawberries