Development of Transplanting Robot

Hisaya Yamada

doi:10.20965/jrm.1999.p0227

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JRM Vol.11 No.3 pp. 227-230

doi: 10.20965/jrm.1999.p0227

(1999)

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Development of Transplanting Robot

Hisaya Yamada

Yanmar Agricultural Equipment Co., Ltd., 16 Kamata, Enmyoji, Oyamazaki, Kyoto 618-0091, Japan

Received:

February 1, 1999

Accepted:

May 11, 1999

Published:

June 20, 1999

Keywords:

nursery in floriculture, transplanting robot, missing plug detecting system

Abstract

The mechanization of plant nurseries, especially in floriculture, lags behind other agricultural fields. Transplanting plants in small vessels to bigger ones is important but tedious and time-consuming, so we developed an automatic transplanter. It is the first transplanter to recognize missing plants. This paper presents the transplanter, the background of floricultural production, and the most simplest, most economical, and practical sensing system to check for missing plants. It also discusses ways to use the transplanter effectively and introduces a more advanced system evolved from the simplest sensing system.

Cite this article as:

H. Yamada, “Development of Transplanting Robot,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.11 No.3, pp. 227-230, 1999.

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