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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2014
Washington State University, Pullman, WA (US);
Mark De Kleine, Prosser, WA (US);
Manoj Karkee, West Richland, WA (US);
Yunxiang Ye, Prosser, WA (US);
Washington State University, Pullman, WA (US);
Abstract
The embodiments are directed to a fruit harvesting system that includes at least one end-effector coupled to a distal end of the manipulating arm and configured using at least one of a jaw and a clamp to couple to one or more branches of a fruit tree or a trellis wire that is coupled to the fruit tree residing in a trained orchard. The embodiments also include a pair of dual motor actuators eccentrically coupled to the at least one end-effector and directed to manipulate the at least one end-effector with a same or different frequency, and amplitude, and with same or counter-propagating motions, wherein the directed same or different frequency and amplitude, and same or counter-propagating motions provide one or more eccentric shaking patterns to the coupled branches or the trellis wire so as to enable fruit to be removed and collected by catch frames.