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    Automated Rubber Tapping Machine
    (2018-06-23T10:14:38Z) Sagar, K; Sreesh S, Krishna; Sushreeth, Puthran; Syed, Anies
    Rubber tapping is the process of extraction of latex from rubber trees. Rubber tree tapping is considered to be a skill oriented job. During the tapping process, the taper has to make a downward half spiral incision on the tree bark to extract the white milky liquid called latex. On a typical day, a rubber tapper has to tap about 500 to 800 rubber trees manually with a tapping tool within a specified time of the day. Availability of skilled laborers who could accomplish this mammoth task is getting scarce as days pass by. Even though cheap unskilled labor is available, without appropriate time and training they would end up damaging the tree. The automated rubber tapering machine designed here would replace the manual labor required for the tapping process. Also with a clock feature to control the timing of the tapping process, higher yield of rubber latex could be obtained.