Abstract
For citrus trees cultivated by dwarf dense planting, the fruits are
randomly distributed in space, which poses difficulties for mechanized
picking. To improve picking efficiency, a citrus picking system based on
dual robot collaboration is designed and a global scanning picking
scheme that scans the entire fruit tree to achieve orderly fruit picking
is proposed in this research. The dual-robot calibration with the
iterative method and closed-form method is completed in the research.
The picking problem is attributed to the single traveling salesman
problem, and the trajectory planning and the picking task are completed
with genetic algorithm in the research. The picking experiments are
designed in the research. As a result, in the picking experiments, the
average time for planning the picking sequence of citrus was 0.1184
seconds. In each group of citrus picking experiments, the total picking
time averaged 158.9 seconds, the picking success rate is 82%. The
picking results show that the built dual-machine system can effectively
complete the picking task. The proposed dual-robot picking system can
provide a reference for the establishment of other picking robot system.