Dr. Ajit Salunke Invited as Speaker at International Conference ICMCR 2026, Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Ajit Salunke delivered an invited talk on “Intelligent Mechatronic Systems for Physical Properties Based Quality Grading of Agricultural Edible Nuts: Integrating Machine Vision & IOT” at the 2026 4th International Conference on Mechatronics, Control & Robotics (ICMCR 26) held in Tokyo, Japan, from March 20 to 22. The conference was co-sponsored by IEEE and Jeju National University, South Korea, and hosted by the Sensors & Systems Society of Singapore.

During his presentation, Dr. Salunke highlighted his research on objective quality grading of arecanut kernels using physical properties such as density and porosity, with volume estimation performed through machine vision. He explained the feasibility of this approach for real-time grading based on true density and also described the IoT-based system developed for preliminary screening of kernel batches.

The conference gathered researchers from various countries, including Japan, Canada, Poland, China, South Korea, Hong Kong, India, Kosovo, Taiwan, Singapore, the Philippines, and Thailand, to exchange their research findings. The papers will be published in ICMCR2026 Conference Proceedings, which will be archived in IEEE Xplore and submitted to be indexed by Ei Compendex and Scopus.