#Novel cutting mechanism devised for automated, robotic apple-tree pruning system
“#Novel cutting mechanism devised for automated, robotic apple-tree pruning system” Researchers Long He, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering (left), and Aslan Zahid, doctoral degree candidate, first measured branch-cutting force with a sensor attached to manual pruners to provide information for the end-effector design. Credit: Long He research group, Penn State The first robotic…