• An automatic trunk-detection system for intensive olive harvesting with trunk shaker. 

      Colmenero‐Martínez, José T.; Blanco Roldán, Gregorio L.; Bayano Tejero, Sergio; Castillo-Ruiz, Francisco J.; Sola Guirado, Rafael Rubén; Gil Ribes, Jesús (Elsevier, 2018)
      Trunk shakers are widely used for olive harvesting, being the main detachment system for fruit harvesting. In recent decades, the components of trunk shakers have evolved at mechanical, hydraulic and control levels. ...
    • Effect of leaves in the dynamic response of olive tree branches and their computational model 

      Sola Guirado, Rafael Rubén; Luque-Mohedano, Rafael; Tombesi, Sergio; Blanco Roldán, Gregorio L. (Elsevier, 2022)
      The application of vibration in the mechanical harvesting of fruit trees is a determining factor to achieve fruit detachment. The acceleration required to do so is experimentally determined in expensive tests using ...