Autonomous drones that pick fruit on the fly

They say that people do not want to work in the fields, and that is why the Israeli company designs autonomous fruit-picking drones.

We do not know if it is an excuse or a reality, but all the companies that design agricultural robots, they explain that large plantations can’t find workers, and for they are designing autonomous fruit picking robots to replace them.

It is a strange reason in countries with millions of unemployed. And one would have to ask if the reason is that they do not want to work in the fields, or that the salary is very low for the hard work required…

In any case, more and more companies are developing robots to harvest the harvest. the israeli Tevel has surprised us with a different proposal: dautonomous flying rums that pick fruit on the fly. You can see it in this video:

The robot is a kind of electric truck carrying a huge battery. It is necessary because the drones are connected by cable to the. In this way they do not have to be recharged every half hour, as is the case with conventional drones.

This limits the movement of the drones a bit, but their algorithms are programmed so that they do not cross each other, preventing cables from tangling.

These autonomous fruit picking drones they can work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, as long as the truck’s battery lasts. They don’t charge, they don’t complain, and they don’t need health insurance. Although repairs sure aren’t cheap…

The technology behind it has a lot of merit. Drones use artificial intelligence to identify fruit, and distinguish the one that is green from the one that is ripe.

It is difficult for a robot to pick up a round object with its hand, but it is even more difficult to do it in mid-flight. The drone has to compensate for the weight in real time, when it picks up the fruit. Then he throws her in the truck, and continues with his work.

The prototype already works perfectly, as seen in the video. The robot can collect any type of oval fruit, from pears to apples, peaches, avocados, apples, etc.

At the end of the year they are going to start real tests in fruit plantations in Spain, Italy and the United States, and if it goes well they will start marketing it in 2023.