A redundant modular multipurpose agricultural manipulator is a highly sophisticated mechatronic system which combines the various engineering and science topics of mechanics, electronics, physics, mathematics and com- puter science into an integrated approach. This interdisciplinary view on technical issues enables the improved design of sophisticated systems meeting the increasing demands on performance, size and weight. Almost any research topic in this exciting field comprises new developments or optimization in general using state-of-the-art techniques. The pre- sentation will focus on the design and development of a highly configurable, modular and clever designed robot. The procedure and the relating tasks to realize an optimal design of the harvesting robot will be shown and the important issues will be addressed in this paper. The realized robot will also be demonstrated by a short video clip.     «

A redundant modular multipurpose agricultural manipulator is a highly sophisticated mechatronic system which combines the various engineering and science topics of mechanics, electronics, physics, mathematics and com- puter science into an integrated approach. This interdisciplinary view on technical issues enables the improved design of sophisticated systems meeting the increasing demands on performance, size and weight. Almost any research topic in this exciting field comprises new development...     »