By Frank Moore
- AI Fruit Finder Frame made of structural steel with welded and bolted joints.
- A self leveling system that keeps the vehicle level on side hill slops and up and down hill slops.
- The power system will be a 4 cylinder Diesel Engine supplied by a commercial supplier.
- The engine will drive hydraulic pump and a direct current generator to supply power to the machine.
- The vehicle will have 4 low profile wheels, 2 front wheels with steering, and two back wheels.
- The power will be supplied by dc electric or hydrostatic drives at each wheel.
- The vehicle will have an air conditioned operators cab for the operator and the electronics cabinet that requires air conditioning.
- Operation lights, safety lighting, and road warning lights will be provided on the vehicle.
- The vehicle will have clearance for moving over pre-scattered empty bins, and pick up the bin, and place the full bin back on the ground between the tree rows.
- Provide mounting for the fruit handling system, and the bin loading system.