Overview

Combines crop recognition with ripeness judgment to harvest cucumbers automatically at the optimal time.

Project Background & Purpose

This robot precisely recognizes crop position and size, and AI trained on high-quality labeled data judges cucumber ripeness to determine optimal harvest timing. It was built using WIM's own AI data-labeling tool, 'W-Data'. Climate-driven yield variability, combined with an aging rural population and labor shortage, has made harvest work that once relied on skilled labor increasingly unsustainable.

Components

• Crop position/size recognition AI model
• Ripeness-judgment model
• W-Data labeling tool
• Harvesting robot manipulator

Process Steps

1. 1A camera recognizes crop position and size
2. 2AI judges ripeness to determine harvest timing
3. 3The robot manipulator harvests the cucumber