Sunusi Idris Idris
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Sunusi Idris Idris is a leading researcher in agricultural robotics and postharvest engineering, with a focus on developing intelligent harvesting systems that minimize mechanical damage to delicate crops. His most-cited work, a comparative study of mechanical damage caused by a two-finger tomato gripper under different robotic grasping patterns (2018, 73 citations), has become a foundational reference for designing soft-robotic end-effectors in fruit harvesting. Idris’s research integrates biomechanics, sensor feedback, and machine learning to optimize grip force and motion trajectories, directly addressing the critical challenge of bruise-free automated picking. His contributions have advanced the practical deployment of harvesting robots for high-value crops, bridging the gap between laboratory prototypes and field-ready systems. Beyond this landmark paper, Idris has published extensively on the rheological properties of fruits, robotic perception, and sustainable agricultural automation. His work is widely cited by engineers and agronomists seeking to reduce food loss and labor dependency in horticulture. Idris’s research not only pushes the boundaries of precision agriculture but also offers scalable solutions for global food security, making him a key figure in the next generation of intelligent farming technologies.
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