Scientists at the University of Central Queensland (Australia) invented the world's first automatic mango harvester, but the machine still does not replace manual picking. Professor Kerry Walsh and his research team created an automatic harvester at the Groves Growm fruit farm in Yeppoon.

According to farmer Jan Groves, the prototype takes about five seconds from finding fruit to placing it.

Professor Walsh said that this automatic combine harvester will be able to solve the labor problems currently faced by mango producers.

As part of an integrated system, the harvester will primarily provide farmers with information. He will report on the exact number of fruits on the tree, and also determine when they are most suitable for the consumer and when you need to hire the right number of employees to collect and pack.

This will not completely replace fruit picking. The ultimate goal of the farm is to save costs and increase farm productivity while increasing consumer demand by ensuring high quality products.

At present, harvesters are 75% efficient in the automatic identification and harvesting of fruits. Professor Walsh hopes to increase combine harvester efficiency by more than 90%, improving design and cutting costs.

At the next stage of the study, we will study the use of money on a freely maneuverable ground-based drone so that it works faster and more accurately.