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Massey University — Industrial Automation Research
Autonomous Kiwifruit Harvester (AKH)
Historical four-arm research harvester combining fruit detection, picking, handling, and bin logistics.
About this robot
Alistair Scarfe’s 2012 Massey thesis documents a complete autonomous kiwifruit harvester with customised hands and stereoscopic fruit localisation. Navigation combined laser ranging with stereo vision, and orchard testing was constrained by the Psa-V outbreak. This entry identifies the original thesis prototype, not later orchard platforms.
Product specifications
| Harvesting arms | 4 |
|---|---|
| Research record | PhD thesis, 2012 |
Blank specifications mean not recorded. Figures may use different test conditions.