Harvesting equipment includes: a fruit-picking hand (1) an arm (4) that moves the fruit-picking hand (1) into a vegetation a torque sensor (23) that detects a magnitude and a direction of a load exerted on the fruit-picking hand (1) or the arm (4) and a control section that detects occurrence of an interference between the fruit-picking hand (1) or the arm (4) and the vegetation and a direction of the interference based on the magnitude and the direction of the load detected by the detection section, and performs a control for eliminating the interference.
