東北のりんご農家を助けるAIロボットを作りたい！

helpers around the farm. They see potential for making their lives better, with services such as automated transport both saving time and making the work a little less physical. We seek to not only do physical work but collect big data around the farm. This data would be used to provide automated analysis for the farmer, so management of the farm is easier. We would also sell the data to the supply chain in order to make the robot cheaper for the farmer, overcoming the large financial barrier that traditional agricultural machines impose.

私達はロボットプロトタイプを開発した後すぐに協力してくれているリンゴ農家のもとで実証実験を行って行きます。ただし、リンゴ農家は次3つの条件を満たすものとします。

ターゲットりんご農家 Target Apple Farmers
①　新しい技術を取り入れやすい若い農家
②　りんごを運ぶ際に特に丁寧に扱う必要のない加工用りんごを栽培している
③　ロボットが稼働しやすい矮化栽培 or 高密度栽培をしている所

We will begin working with younger farmers (under 67) and new farmers, as those are the ones who we have interviewed so far and have shown strong interest in robotics and new technology. We will make it easy to use and expand the demographics over time. We are also considering starting dwarf tree farms which have a little more structure to them, and also apples used for processing (apple juice or dried apple), as these are a little less delicate. By doing so, we will prove our technology and develop to the point where we can expand to every farm in Japan, including other fruit tree farms.
プロトタイプロボットのコンセプト Prototype Consept

開発するロボットは主にりんご農園内の収穫りんごを自動運搬する目的にしています。

ロボットのスペック
①　ロボットはSLAM技術で自己位置推定し、収穫場と収集場を自動で往復運搬する
②　りんご収穫に使うカゴ10個、20kgコンテナ