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AGRICULTURAL ROBOTICS
INTRODUCTION
Agricultural Robotics is the logical proliferation of automation technology into biosystems such as agriculture, forestry, green house, horticulture etc.
In agriculture, the opportunities for robot-enhanced productivity are immense - and the robots are appearing on farms in various guises and in increasing numbers.
TYPES OF ROBOTS USED IN AGRICULTURE
Demeter (used for harvesting).
Robot for weed control.
Forester robot.
Robot in horticulture.
Fruit picking robot.
Micro-flying robot
Demeter
Demeter has cameras on it that can detect the difference between the crop that has been cut and crop that hasn’t.
The Demeter robot can also be driven by remote control.
Weed controller
A four-wheel-drive weed-seeking robot is used to remove or destroy the weed.
An intelligent hoe uses vision systems to identify the rows of crops, and steer itself accurately between them, considerably reducing the need for herbicides Weed identification is based on colour photography.
Forester robot
This is a special type of robot used for cutting up of wood, tending trees, and pruning of X- mass tree and for harvesting pulp and hard wood and in the forests.
A fearless mobile robot is helping scientists to monitor environmental changes in forests.
The hi-tech Tarzan of the robot world, nicknamed Treebot, is the first of its kind to combine networked sensors, a web cam, and a wireless net link.
Robot in horticulture
Robo is used in lawns to cut the grass the grass in lawns.
In automatic mode, a fully charged Robo-mower can typically mow a lawn of 2500 to 3200 sq. ft., depending on the number of obstacles in its path, slopes, height of grass, humidity, etc.
Fruit picking robot
The fruit picking robots are used to pick ripe fruit without damaging the branches or leaves of the tree.
The robot can distinguish between fruit and leaves by using video image capturing. The camera is mounted on the robot arm, and the colours detected are compared with properties stored in memory.
Micro flying Robot
Scientists from around the world are reverse-engineering the mechanics of insects as they design midget robots to scout battlefields, search for victims trapped in rubble,and record images in agricultural fields.
Advantages
Time and manual power is reduced.
Fewer errors and at higher speeds.
used in various fields like agriculture, medicine, mining, and space research.
It can be sent to another planet to study their environmental conditions.
The machines could easily work around trees, rocks, ponds and other obstacles.
Disadvantages
Driverless machines for agriculture is liability.
Energy issues.
Costly due to complex machinery.
CONCLUSION
The opportunities for robot-enhanced productivity are immense and the robots are appearing on farms in various guises aThe jobs in agriculture are a drag, dangerous, require intelligence and quick, though highly repetitive decisions hence robots can be rightly substituted with human operator. nd in increasing numbers.
AGRICULTURAL ROBOTICS
INTRODUCTION
Agricultural Robotics is the logical proliferation of automation technology into biosystems such as agriculture, forestry, green house, horticulture etc.
In agriculture, the opportunities for robot-enhanced productivity are immense - and the robots are appearing on farms in various guises and in increasing numbers.
TYPES OF ROBOTS USED IN AGRICULTURE
Demeter (used for harvesting).
Robot for weed control.
Forester robot.
Robot in horticulture.
Fruit picking robot.
Micro-flying robot
Demeter
Demeter has cameras on it that can detect the difference between the crop that has been cut and crop that hasn’t.
The Demeter robot can also be driven by remote control.
Weed controller
A four-wheel-drive weed-seeking robot is used to remove or destroy the weed.
An intelligent hoe uses vision systems to identify the rows of crops, and steer itself accurately between them, considerably reducing the need for herbicides Weed identification is based on colour photography.
Forester robot
This is a special type of robot used for cutting up of wood, tending trees, and pruning of X- mass tree and for harvesting pulp and hard wood and in the forests.
A fearless mobile robot is helping scientists to monitor environmental changes in forests.
The hi-tech Tarzan of the robot world, nicknamed Treebot, is the first of its kind to combine networked sensors, a web cam, and a wireless net link.
Robot in horticulture
Robo is used in lawns to cut the grass the grass in lawns.
In automatic mode, a fully charged Robo-mower can typically mow a lawn of 2500 to 3200 sq. ft., depending on the number of obstacles in its path, slopes, height of grass, humidity, etc.
Fruit picking robot
The fruit picking robots are used to pick ripe fruit without damaging the branches or leaves of the tree.
The robot can distinguish between fruit and leaves by using video image capturing. The camera is mounted on the robot arm, and the colours detected are compared with properties stored in memory.
Micro flying Robot
Scientists from around the world are reverse-engineering the mechanics of insects as they design midget robots to scout battlefields, search for victims trapped in rubble,and record images in agricultural fields.
Advantages
Time and manual power is reduced.
Fewer errors and at higher speeds.
used in various fields like agriculture, medicine, mining, and space research.
It can be sent to another planet to study their environmental conditions.
The machines could easily work around trees, rocks, ponds and other obstacles.
Disadvantages
Driverless machines for agriculture is liability.
Energy issues.
Costly due to complex machinery.
CONCLUSION
The opportunities for robot-enhanced productivity are immense and the robots are appearing on farms in various guises aThe jobs in agriculture are a drag, dangerous, require intelligence and quick, though highly repetitive decisions hence robots can be rightly substituted with human operator. nd in increasing numbers.
