Feasibility Study of Weeding Robots in Rice Fields Inspired by Natural Ducks

Atsunori Maruyama; Keitaro Naruse

8th International Conference on Bio-inspired Information and Communications Technologies (formerly BIONETICS)

Research Article

Feasibility Study of Weeding Robots in Rice Fields Inspired by Natural Ducks

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.bict.2014.257897,
    author={Atsunori Maruyama and Keitaro Naruse},
    title={Feasibility Study of Weeding Robots in Rice Fields Inspired by Natural Ducks},
    proceedings={8th International Conference on Bio-inspired Information and Communications Technologies (formerly BIONETICS)},
    publisher={ICST},
    proceedings_a={BICT},
    year={2015},
    month={2},
    keywords={agricultural robot loose soil rug wheel},
    doi={10.4108/icst.bict.2014.257897}
}

Atsunori Maruyama
Keitaro Naruse
Year: 2015
Feasibility Study of Weeding Robots in Rice Fields Inspired by Natural Ducks
BICT
ACM
DOI: 10.4108/icst.bict.2014.257897

Atsunori Maruyama¹^,*, Keitaro Naruse¹

1: University of Aizu

*Contact email: m5171135@u-aizu.ac.jp

Abstract

The objective of this research project is to develop a robotic weeding system for rice fields that will enable chemical-free rice farming, giving us safer and more valuable rice. We take the approach of moving a large number of robots around the field, which prevents weed seeds from sprouting. This is inspired by an existing rice farming method that utilizes natural ducks. One of the major research issues is to develop a robot body and locomotion method that will have sufficient weeding ability when working in the field. This paper reports on the results of a feasibility study of our artificial duck robots in an actual rice field, in which the robots demonstrate sufficient mobility for successful weeding.

Keywords: agricultural robot loose soil rug wheel

Published: 2015-02-02
Publisher: ICST
Appears in: ACM Digital Library

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.bict.2014.257897