This $175,000 SBIR Program Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.212) to L5 Automation Inc. aims to develop an automated strawberry characteristics assessor. The system will use a mix of classical, deep learning, and geometric vision techniques to rapidly and accurately assess key attributes of strawberries, including ripeness, damage, shape, and size. This research lays the foundation for a robotic strawberry harvesting system that can alleviate labor shortages currently impacting the $1.8 billion U.S. strawberry industry. The project is scheduled for completion by February 2025 and will result in a field-operable cyber-physical system capable of assessing strawberry characteristics to enable mechanized harvesting.
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