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ABSTRACTA Cartesian robot system, conveyer, feeding plate and end effector combined with servo-motor controllor and three path strategics had been developed to use in packing process for ball-shaped fruits. This system was expected to lessen the injury of fruits, shorten working time and resolve the problem for lack of manpower in the same time.In this study, the system was tested with apples and grapefruits. The experiment consisted of two parts, the first part was to find the appropriate slope angle of feeding plate. The feeding plate could handle a radius of 23.5~47 mm of ball-shaped fruits, and 15 degree was found to be the best slope angle for apple. In the second part, the preliminary results were shown that 85% of grapefruits were grabbed successfully. In packing process, for grapefruit, there were 12 grapefruits in a box, and it spent a
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