Laser remote sensor for oil palm fruit ripeness assessment

• Main Authors: Kok, Sing Lim, Wan Rushdiah, Rusik, Amirul Al-Hafiz, Abd. Hamid, Cheong, Weng Ooi, Waldo, Udos, Mohd Shiraz, Aris, Mohd Zulfahmi, Mohd Yusof, Harikrishsna, Kulaveerasingam, Wu, Yi Chong, Mohamad Faizal, Ismail, Harith, Ahmad
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: S Agriculture (General); TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/45059/1/SPIE.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/45059/; https://spie.org/PW24L/conferencedetails/photonic-technologies-in-plant-and-agricultural-science#_=_
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

The color change of oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFB) is one of the important parameter for harvesting decisions. However, human visual identification is prone to errors due to uncontrolled ambient lighting and the far distance of fruit bunches on tall palm trees. These errors can lead to inaccurat...