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Hauptverfasser: Zhu, Yuankai, Vougioukas, Stavros
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10028
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author Zhu, Yuankai
Vougioukas, Stavros
author_facet Zhu, Yuankai
Vougioukas, Stavros
contents This work proposes a fast heuristic algorithm for the coupled scheduling and trajectory planning of multiple Cartesian robotic arms harvesting fruits. Our method partitions the workspace, assigns fruit-picking sequences to arms, determines tight and feasible fruit-picking schedules and vehicle travel speed, and generates smooth, collision-free arm trajectories. The fruit-picking throughput achieved by the algorithm was assessed using synthetically generated fruit coordinates and a harvester design featuring up to 12 arms. The throughput increased monotonically as more arms were added. Adding more arms when fruit densities were low resulted in diminishing gains because it took longer to travel from one fruit to another. However, when there were enough fruits, the proposed algorithm achieved a linear speedup as the number of arms increased.
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spellingShingle Fast Heuristic Scheduling and Trajectory Planning for Robotic Fruit Harvesters with Multiple Cartesian Arms
Zhu, Yuankai
Vougioukas, Stavros
Robotics
Systems and Control
This work proposes a fast heuristic algorithm for the coupled scheduling and trajectory planning of multiple Cartesian robotic arms harvesting fruits. Our method partitions the workspace, assigns fruit-picking sequences to arms, determines tight and feasible fruit-picking schedules and vehicle travel speed, and generates smooth, collision-free arm trajectories. The fruit-picking throughput achieved by the algorithm was assessed using synthetically generated fruit coordinates and a harvester design featuring up to 12 arms. The throughput increased monotonically as more arms were added. Adding more arms when fruit densities were low resulted in diminishing gains because it took longer to travel from one fruit to another. However, when there were enough fruits, the proposed algorithm achieved a linear speedup as the number of arms increased.
title Fast Heuristic Scheduling and Trajectory Planning for Robotic Fruit Harvesters with Multiple Cartesian Arms
topic Robotics
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10028