Maker Faire Rome 2024

Robotics in Agriculture I-RIM Challenge

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The Tomato Harvesting Challenge (THC) is a competition supported by Pal Robotics SL, which will provide the Tiago robot equipped with a 7-DoF robotic arm and parallel gripper. The competition has the ambition to advance the field of agricultural robotics by encouraging the development of innovative solutions for fruit harvesting. Achieving accurate selective harvesting requires overcoming many challenges including the ability to i) detect fruits to be harvested ii) assess their ripeness stage, and iii) plan the robot motion while managing the variability of the agricultural environment.