Development of a Grape Cut Point Detection System Using Multi-Cameras for a Grape-Harvesting Robot.

Harvesting grapes requires a large amount of manual labor. To reduce the labor force for the harvesting job, in this study, we developed a robot harvester for the vine grapes. In this paper, we proposed an algorithm that using multi-cameras, as well as artificial intelligence (AI) object detection methods, to detect the thin stem and decide the cut point.

ITC: Infused Tangential Curves for Smooth 2D and 3D Navigation of Mobile Robots .

Navigation is an indispensable component of ground and aerial mobile robots. Although there is a plethora of path planning algorithms, most of them generate paths that are not smooth and have angular turns. In many cases, it is not feasible for the robots to execute these sharp turns, and a smooth trajectory is desired.

Path Smoothing Techniques in Robot Navigation: State-of-the-Art, Current and Future Challenges.

Robot navigation is an indispensable component of any mobile service robot. Many path planning algorithms generate a path which has many sharp or angular turns. Such paths are not fit for mobile robot as it has to slow down at these sharp turns.