Sensing and Automation in Tree Fruit Production

Agriculture is the backbone of society, providing food, feed, fiber and fuel that all humans depend on to live on. Automation of agriculture is an innovation that can reduce resource utilization and help meet the growing demand for more productivity and higher quality food production. Studies have shown great potential for the use of mechanical or robotic tree systems with compatible canopy training, including stand-alone support platforms and mechanical / robotic harvesting. Automation of agriculture is an innovation that can reduce resource utilization and help meet the growing demand for more productivity and higher quality food production. This book focuses on applications of automation to the important industry of tree fruit production. The book also summarizes the potential opportunities for automatic pruning with machine-friendly modern tree architectures, previous studies on sensor development, and efforts to develop and deploy mechanical/robotic systems for automated branch pruning. 

Print ISBN: 9781682517666 | $155 | 2021 | Hardcover

Subject: Agriculture and Plant Science

Editor: Linh Colantoni