Platin Robotica · 2024
Automatic Robòt de Recòlta
- A' Design Award de Platin 2024 in Robotica
- CLIENT: Denso Corporation
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 1,751,980
- Verification code BDF7384154 · Verify this award
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About Automatic Robòt de Recòlta
Automatic es un robòt de recòlta concebut per las installacions orticòlas de granda escala. Automatic se desplaça long de ralhs installats dins la sèrra e utiliza de camèras e de sensors per determinar quins tomatets cerièras son madurs. Un braç extensible copa de grapas entièras e las plaça dins una caissa remolcada. Lo trabalh pòt contunhar de nuèch, çò que solatja las mancas de man d'òbra pendent los periòdes de recòlta intensiva. De superfícias arredondidas e un acabat perlat adocisson l'aparéncia, e d'uèlhs indicadors visibles de tot angle mòstran la direccion del desplaçament. Los obstacles son detectats per que la maquina s'arrèste en tota seguretat.
About the A' Design Award de Platin
Automatic Robòt de Recòlta a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award de Platin, una reconeissença extrèmament prestigiosa acordada a de designs verdadièrament excepcionals, elegants e magnifics. Los ganhaires del Platin son meravilhas de la creacion, testimoniatges dels limits de la creativitat intellectuala, e mòstran lo professionalisme inegalable e lo geni de lors designers. S'espèra que aqueles designs sián las òbras mai reconegudas, que definisson l'estetica d'una epòca, contribuïsson al ben-èstre de la societat e fan avançar las frontièras de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia. Automatic Robòt de Recòlta presenta un nivèl transcendent d'excellença e fa, sens cap de dobte, del mond un luòc melhor gràcias a sas caracteristicas avantatjosas e preciosas. Automatic Robòt de Recòlta es una òbra ganhaira de la distincion A' Design Award de Platin que desrevelha de desirs, inspira, entosiasma, encanta e fa néisser una granda jòia.
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- Unique Properties
- With a declining number of farmers worldwide, time-consuming harvesting is one area to save manpower. That is why we designed this robot to offer peace of mind when interacting with it. It features eyes that can be seen from any angle, indicating its travel direction and giving it a friendly image while its rounded top surface and pearlescent finish make it unintimidating. Its system allows it to detect obstacles and stop safely, and its top surface is free of bumps where dirt can accumulate.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 1230mm×1320mm×930mm
(not including cutters, cables)
Chassis weight 300 kg - Tags
- automated harvesting, robot, AgriD, cherry tomato, horticulture facility, DENSO, DENSO Design
- Production Technology
- A new level of harvesting technology has been reached via DENSO's unique image processing and robot hand technology.
1. A modular configuration was used for high versatility and to ensure cost reduction and a low barrier to entry.
2. For cleanliness, the top surface has as few recesses for water or dirt to collect as possible and cables are not exposed.
3. To ensure people can work safely with the robot, it features status indicator lights and has a system to detect obstacles and stop safely. - Design Challenge
- In its early development the robot was angular in shape due to its internal mechanisms and complicated wiring. This combined with its large body size gave it less-than-friendly impression. To create one, we began with the internals, trying to devise a frame layout to achieve a rounded shape while maintaining functionality, and to configure the parts to reduce volume. Also, to facilitate human-robot communication, we designed indicator lights to be visible, so that they would meet peoples' eyes.
- Research
- Denso's goal is to integrate the entire greenhouse process into a system allowing people to do the work best suited to them, while machines do the work best suited to machines, providing local farmers with a lively workplace.
The system uses cameras and AI technology to detect bunches, judge ripeness and automatically harvest.
Replacing some of the work done by people with machines during peak harvest times reduces the burden on workers so they can work efficiently and not overtax themselves. - Inspiration
- The world population is set to exceed 10 billion by 2050, bringing an increased demand for food. Food shortages will likely intensify in places with growing populations like Asia and Africa, as some areas are not suitable for agriculture. Japan and other developed countries are facing problems like fewer agricultural workers due to an aging and declining population and widespread food waste. By solving these, DENSO's goal is to reform the entire food value chain toward a sustainable society.
- Project Duration
- Design development fully underway in March, 2019.
News released in March, 2020.
Demonstration unit begins operation at AgriD in Inabe City, Mie Prefecture, Japan - Operation Flow
- This robot harvests cherry tomatoes for large-scale horticultural facilities. It moves automatically along rails laid out in a path on the farm and uses cameras and sensors to which cherry tomatoes are ripe for harvesting. The robot's arm can extend and cut off an entire bunch of tomatoes, which is then placed in a box pulled by the robot. It can even work at night when no one is around, contributing to labor savings, addressing labor shortages, and increasing harvest volume.
- Image Credits
- Image #1:Designer Yuko Kanda, 2020, Design Division, DENSO CORPORATION / Image #2-#5:2020,Public Relations Division, DENSO CORPORATION
