#5573. Design, development and evaluation of latex harvesting robot based on flexible Toggle

August 2026publication date
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Abstract:
Natural rubber latex is an important energy material. However, the harvest of latex is still manual, and there are few researches on automatic work. This paper proposed a method for robot to harvest from each rubber tree without stopping. The robot toggled the collection cup through the flexible actuator, the cup poured out the latex and rotated to the next collection position. In this way, it not only completed the harvest work, but also prepared for the next collection. Aiming at the problem of latex splashing during rapid toggle, the structural parameters of the collection cup and the flexible actuator were modeled and studied. This method made the rotation speed of the collection cup smoother and avoids splashing. To enable the robot to accurately complete the harvesting work, this paper used two-dimensional Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and ranging sensor to locate the space position of the collection cup.
Keywords:
Agricultural robotics; Dynamic model; Latex harvesting; Natural rubber; Spillage-free harvesting

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