Automatic ሮቦት ምእካብ እቶት by Denso Corporation is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 ናይ ፕላቲኒም ሽልማት A' Design Award in ንድፊ ሮቦቲክስ፣ ኣውቶማተንን ኣውቶሜሽንን Competition Category.
ፕላቲኒምሮቦቲክስ· 2024
Automatic ሮቦት ምእካብ እቶት
Client: Denso Corporation
ናይ ፕላቲኒም ሽልማት A' Design Award Winner in ሮቦቲክስ Category
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The Design
About Automatic ሮቦት ምእካብ እቶት
ኦቶማቲክ ንዓበይቲ ትካላት ሆርቲካልቸር ዝተሰርሐ ሮቦት ምእካብ እቶት እዩ። ኦቶማቲክ ኣብ ውሽጢ ግሪንሃውስ ብዝተዘርግሑ መስመራት ሓዲድ ይንቀሳቐስ፡ ካሜራታትን ሰንሰራትን ተጠቒሙ ድማ ኣየኖት ቸሪ ኮሚደረ ከም ዝበሰሉ ይፈርድ። ዝዝርጋሕ ኢድ ምሉእ ዘለላታት ቆሪጹ ኣብ ዝስሓብ ሳጹን የቐምጦም። ስራሕ ብለይቲ እውን ክቕጽል ይኽእል፡ እዚ ድማ ኣብ ጥርዚ እዋን ምእካብ እቶት ዘጋጥም ሕጽረት ዓያዪ ሓይሊ የቃልል። ክብ ዝበሉ ገጻትን ከም ሉል ዘንጸባርቕ መወዳእታ ስራሕን ነቲ ትርኢት የፍኩስዎ፡ ካብ ዝኾነ ኩርናዕ ዝረኣያ ኣመልከትቲ ኣዒንቲ ድማ ኣንፈት ጉዕዞ የርእያ። ዕንቅፋታት ስለ ዝልለዩ እታ ማሽን ብውሕስነት ደው ትብል።
The Recognition
About the ናይ ፕላቲኒም ሽልማት A' Design Award
Automatic ሮቦት ምእካብ እቶት ናይ ፕላቲኒም ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ እዩ፣ ብሓቂ ፍሉይ፣ ጽቡቕን ዘስደምምን ዲዛይናት ዝወሃብ ኣዚዩ ክቡር ኣፍልጦ። ዝዓወቱ ፕላቲኒም ተኣምራት ፈጠራ እዮም፣ ንደረት ሓሳባዊ ፈጠራ ዝምስክሩ፣ ንዘይማዕረ ሞያዊነትን ጥበብን ዲዛይነራቶም ድማ የርእዩ። እዞም ዲዛይናት ንጽባቐ ዘመን ዝውስኑ፣ ንደሓንነት ሕብረተሰብ ዝሕግዙን ደረት ጥበብ፣ ሳይንስ፣ ዲዛይንን ቴክኖሎጂን ዝድፍኡን ዝተፈልጡ ስራሕቲ ክኾኑ ይጽበዩ። Automatic ሮቦት ምእካብ እቶት ልዕሊ ንቡር ደረጃ ብልጫ የርኢ፣ ብጥቕሚን ብዕዳጋን ዘለዎ ባህርያቱ ድማ ብዘይ ጥርጥር ንዓለም ዝሓሸ ቦታ የገብራ። Automatic ሮቦት ምእካብ እቶት ድሌታት ዘበራብር፣ ዘተባብዕ፣ ዘሐጉስን ዓቢይ ሓጐስ ዘምጽእን ናይ ፕላቲኒም ሽልማት A' Design Award ዝዓወተ ስራሕ እዩ።
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- 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.
- Team Members
- Producer:
Hideyuki Nishino, Food Value Chain Business Development Division
Go Handa, Production Eng. Division
Director:
Takaomi Hasegawa, Food Value Chain Business Development Division
Tomoki Ikoma, Design Division
Yuji Kawahara, Mobility Electronics R&D Division
Designer:
Seisho Inada, Food Value Chain Business Development Division
Hiromu Arihara, Production Eng. Division
Yuko Kanda, Jihye Kim, Design Division - Image Credits
- Image #1:Designer Yuko Kanda, 2020, Design Division, DENSO CORPORATION / Image #2-#5:2020,Public Relations Division, DENSO CORPORATION
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