we are looking for a machine (manual or engine run)which can cut flowers from the crop without damaging the petals.
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Dear Sir,
If you want Robotic Harvester, we can provide you the same.
We can make it available on outright purchase or lease / rental basis also.
We are getting it for our Green House Project in Ethiopia.
A system for automatic harvesting of cut flowers grown in greenhouses is being manufactured, using image processing techniques.
For the harvesting process of flower stems, we are using an robot ( six axis, mounted on an additional seventh linear axis).
For harvesting an end-effector is developed using razor blades for cutting the stems.
Special calibration algorithms (based on AI) are being used for online calibration of the whole harvesting system (robots, end effectors, transport unit, cameras).
For the harvesting process, results of image processing from eight different viewpoints will be analyzed to enable the identification of all flower stems in at least one of the positions.
Harvesting will be performed stepwise, if necessary in different positions of the plant.
To realize a collision-free harvesting process a path-planning module will be integrated.
Additionally, an algorithm for “flower stem tracking” will be implemented to predict the emerging of the flower stem in the following none-visible area.
Regards
MRC
