Robotic Grape Inspection and Selective Harvesting in Vineyards: A Multisensory Robotic System With Advanced Cognitive Capabilities
Driven by the increasing food demand and the need for higher-quality cultivation, precision agriculture grows steadily during the last decade. It involves the application of mobile robots and intelligent robotic technologies in various agricultural field tasks, concerning a variety of crop types. Aiming at compensating for the lack of selective robotic harvesting solutions regarding the high-value crop of grapes, the EU-funded project BACCHUS (<uri xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/871704</uri> and <uri xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://bacchus-project.eu/</uri>) develops an intelligent mobile robotic system, comprising two independent and cooperative robots: one for the grape inspection and collection of valuable data regarding their maturity level, and one for the bimanual harvesting of grapes in a human-inspired manner. Validated via real-field trials, the proposed autonomous system pushes forward the precision agriculture application for a particularly sensitive crop type in the challenging and heavily cluttered environment of vineyards, facilitating the selective harvesting of high-quality grapes.
Authors
- Dimitrios Giakoumis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1844-186X)
- Sotiris Stavridis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3494-6673)
- Michael Hutchinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2991-5063)
- Christos Papadopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7527-0871)
- Ioannis Mariolis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9507-5026)
- Riccardo Polvara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8318-7269)
- Λεωνίδας Δρούκας (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3075-5602)
- Grzegorz Cielniak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6299-8465)
- Sergi Molina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1625-1739)
- Ibrahim Hroob (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6697-3016)
- Dimitra Triantafyllou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9424-2200)
- Georgia Peleka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7212-3155)
- Dimitrios Katerıs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5731-9472)
- Nikiforos Samarinas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1619-778X)
- Fotios Dimeas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8282-1974)
- Dionysis Bochtis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7058-5986)
- Alexios Papadimitriou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6074-4288)
- Zoe Doulgeri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2188-9358)
- Dimitrios Papageorgiou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0361-8757)
- Dimitrios Tzovaras (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6915-6722)
- Jaime Pulido Fentanes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7505-6533)
- Marc Hanheide (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7728-1849)
- A. Soriano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9151-5007)
- Stefanos Papadam
- Sami Ahmed Deiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6227-1522)
Institutions
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
- Robotnik (Spain) (ES)
- Lincoln University - Pennsylvania (US)
- Robotics Research (United States) (US)
- Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (GR)
- University of Lincoln (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine
- Published
- 2024-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/mra.2024.3487324
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.20