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Crop Harvesting
Robotic harvesting of agricultural produce (strawberries, tomatoes, apples, cucumbers) — one of the hardest unstructured manipulation tasks. Harvesting robots must detect ripe fruit (color, texture), estimate 3D pose, navigate to the fruit, grasp delicately to avoid damage, and sever the stem. Variable lighting, occlusion, and deformable produce make this extremely challenging.