Looks like this was an undergraduate learning project rather than a practical solution to harvesting coconuts.

It reminds me of ABU Robocon, where undergraduates representing different countries compete to build the fastest robot using off-the-shelf parts that can solve an abstract problem. The point wasn't to fix a real-world issue but to serve as a learning tool, push technological boundaries and hopefully land a job while doing it.

Some cool videos from the last few years:

- 2019 Mongolia v/s Hong Kong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WVDXrlHUsA

- 2018 Vietnam v/s China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kPI_51cLpo

- 2017 Vietnam v/s Malaysia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huzm9mrEZJE