• Mohit Rane
• Ashish Toraskar
• Utkarsh Naik
• Rajat Harmalkar
• Gauresh Lingwat

Areca nut plantation is one of the oldest types of plantation in India. Areca nut harvesting is done manually which involves skilled labours who climb the tree at least six times a year per tree to spray pesticides and harvest fruits. However in recent years skilled tree climbers have become scarce and farmers find it difficult to harvest the nut. Manually climbing the tree is very time consuming and the risks involved in this process is considerably very high. The semi-automated tree climber and plucker is a machine which is designed to climb the areca nut tree and harvest it. The machine is wirelessly controlled and a machine vision is provided by a camera giving an insight of the tree crop even at high altitudes. Use of this machine eliminates the need for manual tree climbing and hence operator safety is increased and fatigue is reduced significantly. The use of this machine will enhance the climbing, inspection and harvesting capabilities of areca nut plantations and give major contributions towards the increased productivity by reducing extensive labour costs and increasing safety considerably.

Areca nut tree, climbing mechanism, harvesting mechanism

"DESIGN OF SEMI-AUTOMATED ARECA-NUT TREE CLIMBING PLUCKER", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.11-15, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCA06003.pdf

"DESIGN OF SEMI-AUTOMATED ARECA-NUT TREE CLIMBING PLUCKER", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp11-15, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCA06003.pdf