Abstract
The paper presents the results of the study regarding the influence of shaking forces on olive tree harvesting systems. Shaking forces can be released through several methods. Important is the end result, namely the shaking force and the cadence of shaking speed. Mechanical and automatic harvesting methods collect more olives than traditional methods but may damage the olive trees. In order to prevent this damage, we need to calculate the necessary shaking force. An original research method is proposed to simulate shaking forces using a 3D olive tree model with Autodesk Inventor software. In the experiments, we use different shaking forces and various shaking speeds. We also use different diameters of the olive tree trunk. We analyze the results from this experiment to determine the optimal shaking force for harvesting olives without damaging the olive tree.
Highlights
Harvesting through manpower requires employing a large number of people for a limited time period, which could lead to social problems in addition to high labor costs [1, 4]
Due to the economic and social importance of olive trees, it is necessary to use an olive-harvesting robot or an olive-harvesting automatic system, eliminating a big number of the human operators, who are employed in large numbers for a limited time, and increasing the speed and the volume of work [2, 3, 5, 11]
In order to use an automatic system for harvesting, we must calculate the necessary force of vibration to shake the olive tree [4, 7, 12]
Summary
Harvesting through manpower requires employing a large number of people for a limited time period, which could lead to social problems in addition to high labor costs [1, 4]. Due to the economic and social importance of olive trees, it is necessary to use an olive-harvesting robot or an olive-harvesting automatic system, eliminating a big number of the human operators, who are employed in large numbers for a limited time, and increasing the speed and the volume of work [2, 3, 5, 11]. In order to use an automatic system for harvesting, we must calculate the necessary force of vibration to shake the olive tree [4, 7, 12]. For this we can use a 3D model of an olive tree based on real dimensions.
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