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Fruit-picking robot technology will be efficient and affordable for farmers within years
Robot technology is almost readily accessible for harvesting fruit on farms in Victoria. In a bid to address the seasonal worker shortage, several researchers and scientists are working hard to get the technology up to scratch for farmers.
Key points:
- Seasonal labour shortages have provided more incentive for researchers to develop fast harvest-picking robots
- The current cost for one robot is $80,000 with the cost expected to reduce if the demand increases
- Robots are being trialed across the country to see if they can become commercially viable for farms
Monash University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering’s Chao Chen is leading the research into developing a robot that uses cameras to scan trees to detect fruit…
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