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Automated Robotic Arm for Fruit Harvesting

The document presents a final year project focused on developing an automated robotic arm system for harvesting apples and similar fruits in orchards, addressing labor shortages in Pakistan. The system employs LIDAR and RGB sensors for fruit detection and aims to enhance productivity while promoting sustainable farming practices. The project integrates various technologies, including electromechanical design and computer vision, to create an efficient fruit-picking solution.

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Automated Robotic Arm for Fruit Harvesting

The document presents a final year project focused on developing an automated robotic arm system for harvesting apples and similar fruits in orchards, addressing labor shortages in Pakistan. The system employs LIDAR and RGB sensors for fruit detection and aims to enhance productivity while promoting sustainable farming practices. The project integrates various technologies, including electromechanical design and computer vision, to create an efficient fruit-picking solution.

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UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, LAHORE

AUTOMATED HARVESTING BY A ROBOTIC Aiza Arshad | 2021-EE-256

ARM FRUIT HARVESTING ROBOT Shahroz Ahmad | 2021-EE-319


Supervisor: Dr. Haris Anwar Aneeza Naz | 2021-EE-335

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES BLOCK DIAGRAM


This final year project designs and develops an
a u t o m a t e d ro b o t i c - a r m sy s t e m fo r f r u i t
OBJECTIVES
We ' r e c r e a t i n g a s o l u t i o n t h a t c o m b i n e s
har vesting apples and sim ilar produce in agricultural wisdom with thoughtful innovation.
orchards. Addressing Pakistan's agricultural By understanding the nuances of local farming,
labor shortages, the system uses LIDAR and we're designing a system that supports aging
R G B s e n s o rs fo r f r u i t d e t e c t i o n , i nv e rs e farmers and reduces fruit waste. Our technology
kinematics for precise arm movement, and serves a human purpose, from tailored camera
real-time data processing. The goal is to reduce systems to grippers that fit traditional harvesting
manual labor reliance, boost accuracy and methods.
productivity, and promote sustainable farming
in the long run.

METHODOLOGY RESULT

3D MODEL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First and foremost, all praise and sincere gratitude to
Almighty Allah for enabling us to complete this project.
We also acknowledge the invaluable guidance and
support provided by our supervisor, Dr. Haris Anwar that
contributed to the success of this project.

CONCLUSION
This system integrates electromechanical design,
REFERENCES embedded control, and computer vision to deliver a
[1] Ben Kehoe, Sachin Patil, Pieter Abbeel, and Ken Goldberg. A survey of research on cloud robotics and automation. field-deployable fruit-picking solution. This project
IEEE Transactions on automation science and engineering, 12(2):398–409, 2015. includes multi-robot coordination and improved
[2] R. Patel and S. Desai. Design and Control of Mecanum Wheeled Mobile Robot for Agricultural Applications. In IEEE ripeness detection.
International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 112–117, 2020.
[3] J.J. Craig. Introduction to Robotics: Mechanics and Control. Pearson, 2005

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL, ELECTTRONICS & TELECOMMUNCATION ENGINEERING

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