Abstract:Aiming to address the issues of high cost and low operational efficiency associated with manual filling of citrus seedling pots, an automatic bag?opening and pot?filling machine for citrus seedling bags was designed based on multi?mechanism cooperation. The design included vacuum adsorption for automatic bag opening, a manipulator for holding the bag open, and vibration?assisted filling. The structures and key parameters of components such as the bag storage mechanism, bag?taking and opening device, bag?holding manipulator, and filling mechanism were determined. Through orthogonal experiments on bag?taking/opening and filling consistency, the main factors influencing the success rate of bag opening and filling uniformity were identified. The optimal parameter combination was as follows: type?I soft silicone suction cup, adsorption time of 2 s, adsorption pressure of -90 kPa, nutrient soil moisture content of 8%~13%, remaining nutrient soil in the hopper of 40%~70%, and vibrator air pressure of 0.3 MPa. Under these conditions, the average filling amount per seedling bag was 1 800 g, the average time for bag opening and filling was 30 s, and the success rate of bag opening and filling reached 88.5%. This achieved an automatic bag?opening and filling capacity of 120 bags per hour, with high bag?opening efficiency and uniform filling, meeting the requirements for bag?opening and filling operations in citrus container seedling cultivation. The research results can provide theoretical basis and design references for the future development and application of automated machinery for citrus seedling cultivation.