A harvesting apparatus and machine is provided for permitting a pair of pickers to pick ground growing fruit from a comfortable and moving position. The harvesting machine includes a frame separated into a first frame half, and a second frame half horizontally adjustable relative to the first frame half. A first seat is positioned on the first frame half and a second seat is positioned on the second frame half, the distance between the first and second seats being adjustable by adjusting the position of the first frame half relative to the second frame half. A propulsion system, including a plurality of wheels, is provided to move the harvesting machine down a row of ground-growing fruit. A steering system is provided to control the direction of movement of the harvesting machine.

A fruit harvester including an extendable frame having mated, parallel-extending frame members. A winch and wire are provided in connection with the parallel-extending frame members causing the frame to be extended upon winding the wire, and compact upon unwinding the wire. The fruit harvester includes a cutting tool mounted to the frame and a collection basket mounted underneath the cutting tool. The cutting tool is movable on linear rails along a first axis in a forward and backward direction, a second axis in a side-to-side direction, as well as rotationally in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction. A combination of controllers and motors are used to control motion of the cutting tool.

Provided are a greenhouse automatic vine dropping robot and a vine dropping method. The vine dropping robot includes a mobile chassis, a lifting mechanism, a control cabinet, a front mechanical arm, a rear mechanical arm, an electric gripper, a light curtain sensor, and an optoelectronic switch. The control cabinet and the lifting mechanism are installed on the mobile chassis, and the two mechanical arms are fixed to a surface of a top platform of the lifting mechanism. The electric gripper is installed at a tail end of each of the two mechanical arms, the optoelectronic switch is arranged at a top end of a main shaft of the front mechanical arm, and the light curtain sensor is installed on the gripper at the tail end of the mechanical arm. The robot is suitable for greenhouse crops in the form of hooked-based vine dropping.