英国环境、食品和农村事务部

2023年4月7日

大学卷入机器人计划应对缺乏季节性劳动力林肯大学是一个创新的一部分提供加速的机器人为园艺作物收获和计划三个项目之一是选择每股£9米的资金从英国环境食品和农村事务部的农业创新计划。这个项目叫做阿勒OpenCore,本周开始的。这是一个为期三年的项目旨在解决季节性劳动力的缺乏在英国园艺产业和正在加速机器人园艺作物系统的交付。今年的作物,许多已经导致大量的不必要的浪费。全国农场主联合会(NFU)表明总统云煌岩打者说,浪费在食品行业是一个“绝对危机”。林肯大学农业技术研究院在Agri-OpenCore林肯伙伴和项目领导APS生产有限公司与犬齿技术有限公司,Wootzano有限公司和Xihelm有限公司目前还没有收获机器人系统能够匹配人类选择的速度。Agri-OpenCore旨在在这个领域取得进步通过削减发展中收获机器人系统的时间和成本,达到与人类选择平价。交付,Agri-OpenCore将开发的世界上第一个开放的开发平台agri-robotic收割,旨在开发商业番茄和草莓收获机器人系统,实现在两年内human-picking-cost-parity。副教授博士Grzegorz Cielniak林肯Agri-Robotics林肯中心和大学的首席研究员,说:“林肯大学的机器人团队,一起Agri-Robotics行业正在Agri-OpenCore,项目针对一个开放的开发平台机械收割。这个平台将促进标准化访问核心机器人软件和硬件组件启用快速采用业界和学术界。 “The University of Lincoln team will work on the standardisation of the framework as well as on the development of the autonomy, perception and safety components. “The core functionality of the platform will enable further development and customisation which can be privately exploited by the industry. The project will lead to faster adoption of more reliable robotic technology in agriculture which will be demonstrated by developing robotic tomato and strawberry harvesting systems. Such a strategy will lead to step changes in farming productivity and help to alleviate global problems with the availability of a workforce in the sector.” Phil Pearson, Group Development Director, APS Group, said: “The Agri-OpenCore robotics project is an exciting, and vital project for the fresh produce industry. It promises to deliver the significant progress required to automate fresh produce harvesting in the UK. “As this work brings leading technology providers, Dogtooth, Xihelm and Wootzano, with the academic excellence of the University of Lincoln team, we can expect significant progress towards autonomous harvesting.” Share