A Review on Dual-Arm Manipulation in Agriculture

This article systematically reviews the literature on major components (application, platform, and control mechanism) of dual-arm in agriculture. To achieve an insightful and transparent review, the four research perspectives (RPs) were defined from the perspective of the dual-arm component: tasks, platforms, controls, and future direction. Following the RPs, the structure and the flow of this review are derived. Through highlighting RPs, this review article is aimed at identifying the current research state and gap in dual-arm agricultural robots. In this phase, the characteristics and challenges of agricultural tasks, meaningful platform design in terms of mobility, adaptability, and performance, cutting-edge sensing technologies, and advanced control strategy are also indexed. By identifying this, promising future directions have been suggested for future advances such as tactile guidance and scene understanding. This study will help the related researcher with the scalable, improvable insight of the dual-arm agricultural robot based on dealing with practical challenges. The insight generated from this analysis could be utilized in the agricultural automation industry, helping to react promptly to the growing needs of sustainable and innovative agriculture.