Machine Logic Requirements of an Anthurium Harvester
ABSTRACT MACHINE logic requirements of an anthurium harvester are presented. The hypothetical har-vester would traverse and scan a bed of flowers daily to obtain the location of every open flower. By com-paring these data with the previous day's data, the harvester would keep track of each flower's location and age. The harvester would harvest the flower after a specified number of days. An anthurium bed was studied to determine the movement and maturation characteristics of the an-thurium. Digital simulation was used to model the anthuri-um bed and the hypothetical harvester. It is con-cluded that machine logic is not a limiting factor in the construction of an anthurium harvesting machine using age as a maturity criterion.