JTakayuki Matsuo1, Yasunori Takemura2, Takashi Sonoda2, Yuya Nishida3, Shinsuke Yasukawa3, Kazuo Ishii3
1National Institute Technology, Kitakyushu College, 2-20-1, Shii, Kokuraminami-ku,
kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, Japan
2Department of Engineering, Nishinippon Institute of Technology, 2-11, Aratsu,
Kanda-town,Miyako-gun, Fukuoka 800-0396, Japan
3Department of Life Science and System Engineering, Graduate School of Kyushu
Institute of Technology, 2-4, Hibikino, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka
808-0196, Japan
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ABSTRACT
Agriculture is one of the most important primary industries, however the
agricultural workforce in Japan has been decreasing due to the aging, shortage
of successors and their heavy work. Smart agriculture and farms, which
aim to automate farm work, have been attracting attention for the future
sustainable society. We have been organizing the Tomato-Harvesting-Robot
Competitions since 2014 to introduce robotic technology and AI into agriculture
and promote agricultural technology. The competition consists of a Junior
League for young students and a Senior League for general competitors.
In this paper, we report the results of the 6th Tomato-Harvesting-Robot
Competition and the regulation changes toward practical applications..
Keywords:Smart agriculture, Agricultural robot, Tomato-Harvesting-Robot competition
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