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Preliminary Design of an Electropneumatic Automatic Machine for Herbaceous Grafting

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Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics (RAAD 2017)

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In this paper a prototype of an automatic machine for the herbaceous grafting of tomatoes is presented. The herbaceous grafting is important in order to reduce the use of pesticides. For this reason, its advantages are both on the environment and on the crops quality. This innovative robotic system, electro-pneumatically controlled, was developed by the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS) of the Politecnico di Torino in collaboration with the Department of Agricultural Forest and Food Sciences (DISAFA) of the Università degli Studi di Torino. The aim of this device is to implement a fully automatic machine capable of picking, choosing, cutting and joining the two plants involved in order to obtain the grafted one.

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Acknowledgments

The investigation was funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research as part of the programme PRIN 2009 “Automation in the floriculture and nursery sector”.

Authors thank Eng.s S. Vianello, G. Rose, I. Colosimo and O. Polimeni for their help in this work.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

    Guido Belforte, Gabriella Eula, Terenziano Raparelli & Silvia Sirolli

  2. Department of Agricultural Forest and Food Sciences, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy

    Pietro Piccarolo, Paolo Gay, Davide Ricauda Aimonino & Lorenzo Comba

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Belforte, G. et al. (2018). Preliminary Design of an Electropneumatic Automatic Machine for Herbaceous Grafting. In: Ferraresi, C., Quaglia, G. (eds) Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics. RAAD 2017. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 49. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61276-8_28

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