Detection method for Lycium barbarum L. ripe fruit regions used in the precision vibration harvesting

Authors

  • Naishuo Wei 1. College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;
  • Shiwei Wen 1. College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;
  • Guangrui Hu 2. School of Design, Xi’an Technological University, Xi’an 710021, China;
  • Yunlei Fan 1. College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;
  • Yingkuan Wang 3. Academy of Agricultural Planning and Engineering, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100125, China; 4. Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, Beijing 100125, China
  • Jun Chen 1. College of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China;

Keywords:

L. barbarum, Precision vibration harvesting, Target detection, Embedded device deployment

Abstract

Current Lycium barbarum L. vibration harvesting equipment exhibits low levels of intelligence and precision, often resulting in a trade-off between efficiency and fruit damage. This study proposed a ripe fruit region detection model, YOLO-RFR, specifically for precision vibration harvesting of L. barbarum. First, the ADown downsampling module was introduced to replace part of the conventional convolution layers. Then, the C3k2-AP module, inspired by the asymmetric padding strategy, was designed to replace the C3k2 module. Additionally, the GCHead detection head was constructed using group convolution. Finally, the EMA-Slide Loss function was developed to optimize the classification performance by combining the slide weighting function with Exponential Moving Average (EMA). The experimental results showed that the model achieved precision, recall, and mAP of 93.7%, 92.0%, and 97.0%, respectively, representing improvements of 4.0%, 4.4%, and 2.6% over the baseline. The parameter, floating-point operations (FLOPs), and model size were 1.7 M, 4.1 G, and 3.8 MB, respectively, corresponding to decreases of 34.6%, 34.9%, and 30.9% compared with the baseline. To further validate its practical feasibility, the improved model was deployed on an NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier embedded device, achieving an inference speed of 163 fps with TensorRT acceleration. In conclusion, the YOLO-RFR model demonstrated excellent performance in detection accuracy, model lightweighting, and deployment on embedded devices, providing strong technical support for the precision vibration harvesting of L. barbarum.

Keywords: L. barbarum, precision vibration harvesting, target detection, embedded device deployment

DOI: 10.25165/j.ijabe.20261903.10021

Citation: Wei N S, Wen S W, Hu G R, Fan Y L, Wang Y K, Chen J. Detection method for Lycium barbarum L. ripe fruit regions used in the precision vibration harvesting. Int J Agric & Biol Eng, 2026; 19(3): 198–211.

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Wei, N.; Wen, S.; Hu, G.; Fan, Y.; Wang, Y.; Chen, J. Detection Method for Lycium Barbarum L. Ripe Fruit Regions Used in the Precision Vibration Harvesting. Int J Agric & Biol Eng 2026, 19, 198–211.

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