Agricultural robot is the application of robots in agricultural production. It is a new generation of unmanned automatic operation machinery that can be controlled by different program software to adapt to various operations, can feel and adapt to crop types or environmental changes, and has detection (such as vision, etc.) and calculation.
Fertilizing robot
Researchers at an agricultural machinery company in Minneapolis have developed a unique robot that applies just the right amount of fertilizer to different soils. Its accurate calculation reasonably reduces the total amount of fertilization, reducing agricultural costs. The science of fertilization has improved the quality of groundwater.
Field weeding robot
German agricultural experts have used a combination of computers, global positioning systems (GPS) and dexterous multi-purpose tractors to develop robots that can accurately apply herbicides to weed. First, agricultural workers lead the robots around the fields. When it reaches a weedy patch, its GPS receiver displays a map of the location of the weeds. The farm worker inputs the information in sequence on the spot into a portable computer and returns to the farm to feed the data into a computer on the tractor. When they drive their tractors into the field, the weeding robot will monitor their position closely. If it comes to a weed zone, the appropriate part of its onboard rod sprayer activates immediately, allowing the chemical herbicide to be sprayed exactly where it is needed.
Vegetable field weeding robot
The robot, developed by British scientists, uses a combination of a camera and a computer to recognise images of weeds, vegetables and soil, using camera scans and computer image analysis to push through layers of weeding. It can operate continuously all weather, no erosion to the soil when weeding. The scientists also plan to develop a weed control machine to replace the herbicide. Harvesting robot new Holland agricultural machinery companies in the United States invested $2.5 million to develop a multi-purpose automation joint harvesting robot, the famous roboticists Reid Whitaker chair design work, he has successfully produced can be used to monitor the ground distortion and predict earthquakes and detect signs of volcanic eruption activity space shuttle for a robot. Whitaker's fully automated combined harvesters are well suited to harvesting crops on large, well-planned plots of farmland in some of the country's exclusive agricultural areas, some of which yield more than a dozen times more than average.
Citrus picking robot
The robot, which consists of a tractor equipped with a computer, an optical vision system and a robotic hand, can judge the ripeness of oranges from their size, shape and color and decide whether to pick them. The speed of its work is extremely fast, picking 60 oranges per minute and can only pick 8 or so by hand. In addition, the robot of picking oranges can classify them according to their size by a robot hand equipped with a video device.
Mushroom picking robot
Britain is the world's mushroom country and mushroom cultivation has become the second most popular horticultural crop. According to statistics, artificial mushroom picking volume is 110,000 tons a year, the profit is very considerable. In order to speed up the picking and gradually rid people of the arduous farm work, the Silso Agricultural Machinery Research Institute in the UK has developed a mushroom picking robot. It is equipped with cameras and visual image analysis software that identifies the number and grade of mushrooms to determine how to operate. An infrared rangefinder on board measures the height of the mushrooms, and a vacuum handle automatically reaches out to the site, bends and twists as needed, and drops the mushrooms into a transport plane that follows. It can pick up to 40 mushrooms per minute, twice as fast as an artificial one.
Fruit sorting robot
In agricultural production, sorting various fruits is an essential farm work, often need to invest a lot of labor. Researchers at the Silso Institute of Agricultural Machinery in the UK have developed a robust, easy-to-operate fruit sorting robot that automates fruit sorting. It can work in wet and muddy conditions using a combination of electro-optical image-recognition and lifting sorting machines. It can separate large tomatoes from small cherries and then ship them. It can also separate potatoes of different sizes without chafing the skin of the fruit.
Tomato harvesting robot
Aiming at the red color of ripe tomato fruits, Japanese tomato harvesting robot uses a color CCD camera as a visual sensor to distinguish fruits from stems and leaves based on RGB components.
Strawberry picking Robot
Japan's National Agriculture and Food Research Institute has created a robot capable of picking strawberries. The robot is equipped with an array of cameras that can pinpoint the location of the strawberries, and software to ensure the strawberries are ripe, based on how red they are. Although the robot can only pick strawberries at the moment, it could be programmed to pick other fruits, such as grapes and tomatoes. The robot takes nine seconds to pick a strawberry, which, if used on a large scale and kept efficient, could save farmers up to 40 percent of their picking time.
