Farmers think orchard robot technology will change farming. Orchard robots help save money and work faster. Robots pick fruit carefully and waste less. These machines also help the environment. Knowing how orchard robot systems work helps growers choose well for their farms.
Orchard Robot Benefits
Efficiency
Orchard robots help farms work faster when picking fruit. These machines can do jobs quicker than people in many cases. For example, co-robotic platforms pick apples 11% to 25% faster. Peach picking gets a 59% boost with harvest-aid platforms. Some cheap apple harvest-assist units almost double the speed in high branches. The table below shows how each platform does compared to people:
Method/Platform Type
Crop/Context
Efficiency Improvement Compared to Manual Methods...