A device being made up of respective frames, mounted in parallel and facing each other on both sides of the line of trees/bushes to be harvested, in a machine or implement capable of moving astride above said line of trees/bushes. Each of said frames includes a longitudinal guide along which skids move for conveying a trolley that bears a vibration clamp, the jaws of which open and close independently depending on the location thereof relative to the closest tree, at the same time that each trolley moves alternately from a forward position relative to the movement of the machine or implement on which this device is mounted to another more rearward position, while the vibration clamp is holding a tree and is subjecting same to vibration, and returns to the forward position when the tree is beyond the possible travel of said trolley along the linear guide.

A graphical user interface is disclosed for controlling a harvesting system, the harvesting system driving each of two shaking actuator frequencies individually, the user interface setting or displaying the frequencies of the two actuators as a Value-Time User Interface (VTUI). The VTUI shows shaking parameters in the vertical axis against time in the horizontal axis, the VTUI able to be used to control the shaker in real time, to create and edit a shake pattern, and to display values of shake parameters as the shake is occurring.

A harvester using shaking to dislodge product from trees is disclosed in which the shaking in each of at least two inertial force generators is controlled independently of the others. Embodiments provide the flexibility to adapt a harvesting procedure to different product and to adapt the harvesting procedure to different individuals within a particular type of plant, and in real-time.

A device which is suitable for harvesting fruit hanging from a plant at least having a mobile frame, which frame at least comprises two opposite, longitudinal sides for guiding fruit. The frame further comprises fruit collecting devices adjoining the first longitudinal side. At least one longitudinal side is provided with wirelike, flexible elements extending from the first longitudinal side, over which elements the fruit can be guided.

A multipurpose machine for cultivating trees, comprising an inverted U-shape structure that enables the machine to pass over existing trees to carry out pruning, disinfection or fruit picking tasks, provided at the bottom with wheels, driven by at least one motor that autonomously facilitates the movement thereof, and respective upper frames that telescopically couple to each other, being driven by respective cylinders to move the portion of the structure on the right with respect to the one on the left in order to vary the width of the machine. Likewise, the machine has the ability to raise or lower the upper structure of the same to adapt it to the height of the trees to be cultivated.

An electric motor in a work apparatus has a power characteristic line which runs between a lower rotational speed of the electric motor and an upper rotational speed of the electric motor. The power characteristic line has a power characteristic with a pronounced maximum (M) and an operating plateau (AP) which lies in a working rotational speed range (AD) of the work apparatus. A method for operating the electric motor provides for configuring the position of the operating plateau (AP) to be variable with respect to the rotational speed of the electric motor to achieve stable operating points over a wide rotational speed range.

An autonomous harvesting machine for orchard operating environments is described. The autonomous harvesting machine uses machine vision techniques to identify and triangulate features in the operating environment using a stream of monocular images. For instance, the harvesting machine identifies and localizes a shake point of a tree by projecting virtual rays from the pose of the identification system to the identified emergence point feature. To harvest the fruit of trees in the orchard, the harvesting machine shakes the tree at the identified shake point. Additionally, the harvesting machine autonomously navigates through the orchard using a combination high resolution spatial information based on localized features and low resolution spatial information from accessed satellite images.

A leaf shaking device primarily comprised of at least one control unit, at least one cable, and at least one clamp. The control unit is further comprised of a motor with a plurality of vibration levels. The cable further connects to the control unit, wherein the clamp is located at the end of the cable that is not connected to the control unit. The clamp can then be secured around the limbs or trunk of a tree and the motor can be activated such that the tree begins to vibrate. As a result, all leaves on the tree or on the limb of the tree that the clamp is attached to will fall of the tree. The vibration of the motor can further be programmed to run for a fixed period of time such that the device can be left unattended while running.

The shaker assembly comprises a support provided with at least one cavity and at least one shaker rod configured to be clamped into said cavity. The cavity comprises an entry portion and a clamping portion, oriented along different angles and partly overlapping each other. The entry portion is shaped and dimensioned to enable sliding the rod into and out of said entry portion, while the clamping portion is shaped and dimensioned to clamp the rod by a radial clamping force. The cavity further comprises at least one bottleneck area that is narrower than the shaker rod, enabling to move the rod from the entry portion to the clamping portion or vice versa by tilting the rod between said different angles, thereby forcing the rod to pass through said bottleneck area or areas.

The double-swing-rod mechanism includes a supporting main body used for rigidly supporting a fruit picking machine, a rotating shaft component connected to the supporting main body, two conical gears that axially rotate around the rotating shaft component, two swing rods movably connected to the two conical gears respectively to achieve a swing effect, and a drive gear movably connected to the supporting main body.