California/duraznos: robots programados para cosecha vertical

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Robots can pick peaches too, thanks to Central California stone fruit growers’ march toward the two-dimensional growing systems that make automation and mechanization possible.

HMC Farms of Kingsburg has gone all in.

The vertically integrated producer has planted no freestanding trees since 2018. Everything new is on a planar trellis at high-density spacing.

“We’re finding it to be successful, and still believe it’s the future and what we need to be doing,” said Drew Ketelsen, production manager for HMC, which grows peaches, plums and nectarines, as well as table grapes.

Full article: https://www.goodfruit.com/planar-peaches-ripe-for-robotic-picking/

Source: Goodfruit