Tool, device and procedure for the automated separation of a branch

A tool for automated separation of a second elongate part including a petiole, of a plant extending in a form of a branch from a first elongate part including a central stem, of the plant, via which first elongate part of the plant, the second elongate part of the plant is connected to roots of the plant, comprising a frame, a first separating body which is provided with a cutting edge, a first displacement unit for moving the first separating body to and fro with respect to the frame between a start position and an end position, in which the cutting edge moves in a separation plane during the move from the start position to the end position and which first separating body is configured to produce a separation in a second elongate part of the plant which extends through the separation plane during the move from the start position to the end position by at least one cutting edge, characterized in that the tool furthermore comprises a pushing element and a second displacement unit for moving the first separating body and the pushing element towards and away from each other, between an approaching position and a separating position,

• wherein the second displacement unit is configured to only displace the pushing element with respect to the frame while the first separating body remains stationary during displacement from the approaching position to the separating position, in which the pushing element and the first separating body are configured for causing the first elongate part of the plant to extend therebetween in the approaching position and for the pushing element to physically contact and push the first elongate part of the plant in a direction of the separation plane against a side of the first elongate part of the plant facing away from the second elongate part of the plant during displacement of the pushing element in a pushing direction from the approaching position to the separating position.