3 accepted papers
Cane pruning grapevines is a complex manual task requiring expert vine assessment to determine which canes to prune. This paper presents Archie Jnr, which was developed to autonomously assess the structure of the vine and prune the lower-quality canes as an expert pruner would. The platform has been…
Apple fruitlet thinning is critical in cultivating high-quality apples, requiring an expert workforce to manage the orchard. The thinning process requires precise mapping of fruitlet clusters across the tree branches to manage the desired load for each tree. This paper presents Archie Snr, which was…
Aotearoa New Zealand has a strong and growing apple industry but struggles to access workers to complete skilled, seasonal tasks such as thinning. To ensure effective thinning and make informed decisions on a per-tree basis, it is crucial to accurately measure the crop load of individual apple trees…