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CAFEs: Cable-Driven Collaborative Floating End-Effectors for Agriculture Applications

Cheng, Hung Hon  
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Hughes, Josie  
May 19, 2025
2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

CAFEs (Collaborative Agricultural Floating Endeffectors) is a new robot design and control approach to automating large-scale agricultural tasks. Based upon a cable driven robot architecture, by sharing the same roller-driven cable set with modular robotic arms, a fast-switching clamping mechanism allows each CAFE to clamp onto or release from the moving cables, enabling both independent and synchronized movement across the workspace. The methods developed to enable this system include the mechanical design, precise position control and a dynamic model for the spring-mass liked system, ensuring accurate and stable movement of the robotic arms. The system's scalability is further explored by studying the tension and sag in the cables to maintain performance as more robotic arms are deployed. Experimental and simulation results demonstrate the system's effectiveness in tasks including pick-and-place showing its potential to contribute to agricultural automation.

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conference paper
DOI
10.1109/icra55743.2025.11127592
Author(s)
Cheng, Hung Hon  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Hughes, Josie  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2025-05-19

Publisher

IEEE

Published in
2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
ISBN of the book

979-8-3315-4139-2

Start page

15225

End page

15231

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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CREATE-LAB  
Event nameEvent acronymEvent placeEvent date
2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

ICRA 2025

Atlanta, GA, USA

2025-05-19 - 2025-05-23

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EPFL Solutions4Sustinability Grant

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September 8, 2025
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