{"id":138417,"date":"2023-06-23T10:09:58","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T08:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/exploren-lus-de-robots-collaboratius-per-a-la-manipulacio-intelligent-de-la-fruita\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T13:01:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T11:01:37","slug":"collaborative-robots-for-smart-fruit-handling-explored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/en\/collaborative-robots-for-smart-fruit-handling-explored\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborative robots for smart fruit handling explored"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1424.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>As part of the HarvBot (HARVesting coBOT) project, the <a href=\"https:\/\/eurecat.org\/\">Eurecat<\/a>\u00a0technology centre has validated the use of collaborative robots and inexpensive cameras to automate strawberry harvesting and handling in a hydroponic crop by tapping computer vision technologies to detect the fruit.<\/p>\n<p>In the project, which has been a pilot test for Enkitek, \u201cnew 3D printed components have been designed and tested to tailor the robot to identify and harvest the fruit along with algorithms for detection and handling tasks,\u201d says \u00d3scar Palac\u00edn, a researcher at the Eurecat technology centre\u2019s Robotics and Automation Unit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing hardware-agnostic software is the cornerstone of the project and crucial to unlocking automation in this emerging industry by providing access to the growing supply of inexpensive robots and enabling undertakings to become scalable businesses,\u201d notes Victor Canton Ferrer, Enkitek\u2019s CEO and co-founder.<\/p>\n<p>The HarvBot project has been supported by ACCI\u00d3, the Agency for Business Competitiveness of the Government of Catalonia, as part of the Digital Innovation Hub of Catalonia.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":137503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[430,2295,743],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autonomous-professional-robotics","category-food","category-press-notes-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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