Development of transporting vehicle for supporting of harvest and management

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K05858
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 41040:Agricultural environmental engineering and agricultural information engineering-related
• Research Institution: Nara National College of Technology
• Principal Investigator: IIDA KENICHI 奈良工業高等専門学校, 電子制御工学科, 教授 (70290773)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 農作業支援 / 運搬台車 / 電動化 / ハンズフリー / 自律移動 / 熟度判別

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this project, an attempt was made to develop a transport trolley for harvesting and management support that realizes labor-saving and light labor in horticulture, relieves stress, and passes on the skills of skilled workers.
The developed transport trolley is a motorized version of a conventional harvesting trolley, and in addition to a hands-free function that enables simultaneous transport and harvesting, and travel correction control that keeps the trolley's direction of travel constant, it is equipped with autonomous transport and pesticide spraying functions to cope with a variety of agricultural tasks. Furthermore, a vision system was constructed to enable new farmers to harvest crops in the same way as experienced farmers.

Free Research Field

制御工学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究課題で開発した運搬台車は，市販の収穫台車をベースとしていることから園芸施設への導入が容易であり，運搬と収穫作業を同時に行えるハンズフリー機能，就農者のストレスを軽減可能な走行補正制御，自律運搬や自動農薬散布機能を装備されていることから，さまざまな農作業支援につながることが期待できる．
さらに，構築したビジョンシステムにて農業初心者やアルバイトの方々が熟練就農者と同様な農作物収穫が可能となることで農作業者不足を軽減できることが期待できる．