Verification of a Weeding Robot “AIGAMO-ROBOT” for Paddy Fields

Teruaki Mitsui; Takahiro Kobayashi; Toshiki Kagiya; Akio Inaba; Shinya Ooba

doi:10.20965/jrm.2008.p0228

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JRM Vol.20 No.2 pp. 228-233

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2008.p0228

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Verification of a Weeding Robot “AIGAMO-ROBOT” for Paddy Fields

Teruaki Mitsui^, Takahiro Kobayashi^, Toshiki Kagiya^,
Akio Inaba^*, and Shinya Ooba^****

^*Gifu Prefectural Research Institute for Information Technology, 1-21, TECHNO PLAZA, Kakamigahara, Gifu 509-0109, Japan

^**Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences (IAMAS), 3-95 Ryoke-cho, Ogaki-city, Gifu 503-0014, Japan

^***Gifu Prefectural Research Institute for Agricultural Technology in Hilly and Mountainous Areas, 2-6-56 Koreshige, Hida, Gifu 509-4244, Japan

^****Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Gifu university, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 500-1193, Japan

Received:

September 28, 2007

Accepted:

December 17, 2007

Published:

April 20, 2008

Keywords:

robot, agriculture, weeding, paddy field, crawler

Abstract

Increased public interest in food safety and clean agriculture (e.g., ecological agriculture, organic culture and agrochemical-free cultivation) is driving a production system change from dependence on and use of agrochemicals toward their elimination. However, this raises a huge time- and labor-consuming problem with weeds. The weeding robot “AIGAMO-ROBOT” we propose decreases weeds in paddy fields without resorting to herbicides.

Cite this article as:

T. Mitsui, T. Kobayashi, T. Kagiya, A. Inaba, and S. Ooba, “Verification of a Weeding Robot “AIGAMO-ROBOT” for Paddy Fields,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.20 No.2, pp. 228-233, 2008.

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References

[1] K. Fukushima, K. Yasuda, and H. Shibayama, “Effect of Stirring of Flooded Water on Emergence of Paddy Weeds,” J. Weed Sci. Tech.,Vol.48, (Sup.), p. 224, 2003, (in Japanese).
[2] N. Kondo, M. Monta, and N. Noguchi, “Agri-Robot(II) – Mechanisms and Practice –,” Corona Publishing Co., LTD., pp. 194-195, 2006, (in Japanese).

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[1] [1] K. Fukushima, K. Yasuda, and H. Shibayama, “Effect of Stirring of Flooded Water on Emergence of Paddy Weeds,” J. Weed Sci. Tech.,Vol.48, (Sup.), p. 224, 2003, (in Japanese).

[2] [2] N. Kondo, M. Monta, and N. Noguchi, “Agri-Robot(II) – Mechanisms and Practice –,” Corona Publishing Co., LTD., pp. 194-195, 2006, (in Japanese).

Verification of a Weeding Robot “AIGAMO-ROBOT” for Paddy Fields

Teruaki Mitsui*, Takahiro Kobayashi**, Toshiki Kagiya***, Akio Inaba*, and Shinya Ooba****

Teruaki Mitsui^, Takahiro Kobayashi^, Toshiki Kagiya^,
Akio Inaba^*, and Shinya Ooba^****