www.goodfruit.com GOOD FRUIT GROWER NOVEMBER 2016 3
Centerpiece
32 Vacuum picker
shows promise
Apple industry is closer than
ever to an automated harvest.
36 Pushing
their pluck
Creators of vacuum harvester
aim to have machines ready
for growers in 2018.
New
Technology
8 Cold, hard
efficiency
Matson Fruit leading industry
in automated cold storage.
14 Gentle touch
Pneumatic air-controlled
gripper may lend itself to
robotic fruit harvest.
18 Up in the air
Drones are advancing, but not
quite ready for prime time in
the tree fruit industry.
Good Grape
Grower
24 Test flights
Oregon viticulturist is testing
and using drone technology.
IFTA tour
40 Spraying with
precision
Cornell researcher has tips
for making your sprays
more effective.
SHANNON DININNY/GOOD FRUIT GROWER
Workers from Abundant Robotics
demonstrated their automated vacuum
harvester in an apple block in Vantage,
Washington, on Sept. 22. Read more
about the harvester beginning on Page 32.
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