With the influence of the younger and the younger, the Japanese farming population is declining year by year, and the intelligent transformation is a trend. The Japan Institute of Comprehensive Research and the Keio University have formed an alliance to develop a multi-functional agricultural robot "Donkey", which can assist in fertilization, weeding, and transportation. 1. The dish is supervised and it is expected to provide monthly rent service in 2019.
Robot model Donkey
This four-wheeled robot, the Donkey, has the basic functions of autonomous operation, automatic tracking, monitoring of beasts, environmental awareness, communication, etc. As long as additional kits are added, it can handle handling, job management, weeding and other functions.
In addition, all kinds of data obtained during the operation can be accumulated in the server shared by the user, and the professional knowledge of cultivation can be analyzed, the harvest can be predicted, and the agricultural productivity can be improved.
In fact, the intelligentization of vegetables and fruit agriculture is lagging behind that of rice farming, which already has automatic tractors and drones. In addition, Japanese small-scale farmers and plains have a higher proportion of farmers in the mountainous belts. In rice, these places are facing a wave of aging, and there is an urgent need for labor-saving machines that reduce the burden of work.
Rice is sprayed from the drone, but the vegetables are not so simple. In addition to the top, the pests are easy to hide behind the leaves and need to be carried out from the inside, so at least 2 people are needed. If you put Donkey into farming The team can reduce the manpower that sprays and transports pesticides in the vast fields.
At present, Donkey is improving its heat resistance, water resistance, ease of use, etc. In the future, it will go to Tochigi Prefecture, Japan to conduct measurements to assist in the cultivation of eggplant, strawberry, broccoli and other crops.
It is expected that services will be provided to small farmers in 2019. In order to reduce the burden on farmers, the monthly rent will be charged at a rate of about 15,000 yen per month.