Optimization of a bionic end-effector for automated cherry tomato harvesting using Response Surface Methodology and Box-Behnken design

• Huaibei Xie ,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hbxie@aust.edu.cn

  Affiliations School of Mechatronics Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, Anhui, China, Anhui Key Laboratory of Mine Intelligent Equipment and Technology, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, China, Institute of Intelligent Machines, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6279-3961

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• Yuting Miao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yuting Miao, Qingliang Zi

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization

  Affiliation School of Mechatronics Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, Anhui, China

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• Qingliang Zi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Yuting Miao, Qingliang Zi

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Mechatronics Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, Anhui, China

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• Deyi Kong

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Intelligent Machines, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, China

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