Fluid Power Forum Explores Capabilities of Agricultural Cobot Designed with Hydraulic Harvesting System

Episode 46 of Fluid Power Forum, NFPA’s fluid power industry-focused podcast, is now live. This episode features Stavros Vougioukas and Dennis Sadowski of UC Davis. Listen below to hear about their hydraulically actuated agricultural cobot which improves fruit harvesting efficiency by automatically raising and lowering human pickers.

This fluid power industry-focused podcast highlights the people, technologies and unique applications that are moving the industry forward. New episodes will be released every other Monday. View the schedule for upcoming episodes below.

  • May 10 | “Engineering Firm Uses Hydraulics to Enhance Sports Venues” | Danny Pickard of SCX Special Projects Ltd
  • May 24 | “Upgraded Hydraulic Bridge Improves Milwaukee Infrastructure” | Jim Hoenle of MFP Automation Engineering
  • June 7 | Ivan Sheffield and Barry Verdegan of Des-Case and Cummins

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