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Cellulose Dispersions for Reducing Cold Damage in Tree Fruit
Unmet Need: More cost-effective and less labor-intensive cold damage protection technologyEconomic loss from cold damage is one of the most prevalent recurring production issues in temperate fruit industry, and poses a significant challenge to profitable and sustainable production. Each year, the U.S. produces >15M tons of deciduous fruit crops that...
Published: 10/8/2024
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Inventor(s): Xiao Zhang, Changki Mo, Matthew Whiting, Qin Zhang
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Underactuated, Tendon-Driven End-Effector for a Robotic Apple Harvester
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Apple picking is very labor intensive and expensive. Between 15-18 billion apples are harvested every year in Washington state alone for fresh market consumption, but often farmers can’t find enough people to pick the fruit. Furthermore, laborers are hard to acquire as apple picking is seasonal. This presents an urgent need for improved...
Published: 10/8/2024
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Inventor(s): Joseph Davidson, Changki Mo, Abhisesh Silwal, Manoj Karkee, Qin Zhang
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Apple harvesting machine for formally trained orchards
Unmet Need: Improved mechanical harvesting techniques for apples and other specialty crop orchards
Harvesting labor accounts for 50% of the total tree fruit production cost and this is expected to continue to rise as labor shortages increase. This presents an urgent need for improved mechanical harvesting techniques in apple and other specialty crop...
Published: 10/8/2024
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Inventor(s): Mark De Kleine, Manoj Karkee, Qin Zhang
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