Abstract
The increasing severity of the labour shortage problem in the Malaysian palm oil industry has created a need to explore other avenues for harvesting oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFBs) such as through autonomous robots’ deployment. However, the first step in using an autonomous system to harvest FFBs is to identify which FFBs have become ripe and are ready to be harvested. In this work, we reviewed previous and current methods of identifying the maturity of fresh fruit bunches as found in the literature. The different methods were then compared in terms of the types of sample data used, sensor modalities, and types of classifiers used with a particular focus on the feasibility of each method for on-field application. From the 51 papers reviewed, which include a total of 11 unique approaches, it was found that the most feasible method for detecting ripe FFBs in the field is a combination of computer vision and deep learning. This system has the advantages of being a noncontact approach that is low cost while also being able to operate in real time with high accuracy.
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