The strawberry farming is labor-intensive, particularly in tasks requiring dexterous manipulation such as picking occluded strawberries. To address this challenge, we present the Strawberry Robotic Operation Interface (SROI), an open-source device designed for collecting dexterous manipulation data in robotic strawberry farming. The SROI features a handheld unit with a modular end effector, a stereo robotic camera, enabling the easy collection of demonstration data in field environments. A data post-processing pipeline is introduced to extract spatial trajectories and gripper states from the collected data. Additionally, we release an open-source dataset of strawberry picking demonstrations to facilitate research in dexterous robotic manipulation. The SROI represents a step toward automating complex strawberry farming tasks, reducing reliance on manual labor.
@article{arxiv.2501.16717,
title = {Strawberry Robotic Operation Interface: An Open-Source Device for Collecting Dexterous Manipulation Data in Robotic Strawberry Farming},
author = {Linsheng Hou and Wenwu Lu and Yanan Wang and Chen Peng and Zhenghao Fei},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.16717},
year = {2026}
}