Implementation of Inverse Kinematics for Crop-Harvesting Robotic Arm in Vertical Farming

Lauguico, Sandy; Concepcion, Ronnie; Macasaet, Dailyne; Alejandrino, Jonnel; Dadios, Elmer P.

doi:10.1109/cis-ram47153.2019.9095774

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“…• Electricity: Electricity consumption for lighting accounts for 75-80% of the total consumption in the grow room (Avgoustaki, 2019). There are approximately three ways to improve electricity productivity in terms of lighting: Using LEDs with high efficiency of photosynthetic photon number (or electrical energy-photon conversion coefficient) (Dieleman et al, 2019); Improving the percentage of photosynthetic photons received by leaves relative to those emitted by LEDs, using light reflectors within the growing space (Fang et al, 2020); and Improving photosynthetic photon yield (ratio of photosynthetic photons fixed as chemical energy in leaves to those absorbed by leaves) by controlling aerial and root zone environments, cultivar selection, and/or cultivation methods (Liu et al, 2020); • Automation systems: Deploying automation systems improves hourly productivity by 30-40%, but significantly increases initial investment (Lauguico et al, 2019). It is expected that, soon, no person will enter the cultivation room of a large-scale PFAL, except for periodic maintenance and emergency measures, with more than 90% of the handling operations being automated (Monteiro et al, 2018).…”

Section: Improvement Pointsmentioning

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Scientific research trends for plant factory with artificial lighting: scoping review

Luz,

Diógenes

2023

Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Ambient.

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Plant Factory With Artificial Lighting consists of a protected horticulture system in controlled environment facilities, in combination with various levels of growing surface and factors such as lighting, cultivation system, crop nutrition, and energy efficiency. The objective of this study was to identify in published scientific articles the current topics addressed, the potentialities and challenges identified, and their future position on the this system. This is a scoping review of 49 articles published in scientific journals that answered the research question “What are the topics addressed in the Journal Article on Plant Factory With Artificial Lighting?” from 2015 to 2022. The reviewed articles demonstrated that the development of alternatives for cultivation methods, lighting systems with variation of light spectrum, irrigation systems, and new technologies for the production chain, aimed at increasing production capacity, is a trend. They also indicated that, although the Plant Factory With Artificial Lightning has shown potential for the production of several crops, technical and economic optimization requires greater attention, pointing out that technological development and production methods are fundamental factors to establish the system as an alternative of agricultural production in sustainable urban centers.

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Section: Improvement Pointsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Scientific research trends for plant factory with artificial lighting: scoping review

Luz,

Diógenes

2023

Rev. Bras. Ciênc. Ambient.

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“…However, compartmentalized systems with limited exposure to external factors will result in unique opportunities to significantly reduce both the amount of pesticides applied and exposure to the external environment. As well as having physical boundaries to prevent pathogens, there is also more scope to use technology to monitor and detect health problems within crops, and therefore prevent spread, potentially in tandem with automated robotics for real time pest detection/removal processes (e.g., Lauguico et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

CEA Systems: the Means to Achieve Future Food Security and Environmental Sustainability?

Cowan¹,

Ferrier²,

Spears³

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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As demand for food production continues to rise, it is clear that in order to meet the challenges of the future in terms of food security and environmental sustainability, radical changes are required throughout all levels of the global food system. Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) (a.k.a. indoor farming) has an advantage over conventional farming methods in that production processes can be largely separated from the natural environment, thus, production is less reliant on environmental conditions, and pollution can be better restricted and controlled. While output potential of conventional farming at a global scale is predicted to suffer due to the effects of climate change, technological advancements in this time will drastically improve both the economic and environmental performance of CEA systems. This article summarizes the current understanding and gaps in knowledge surrounding the environmental sustainability of CEA systems, and assesses whether these systems may allow for intensive and fully sustainable agriculture at a global scale. The energy requirements and subsequent carbon footprint of many systems is currently the greatest environmental hurdle to overcome. The lack of economically grown staple crops which make up the majority of calories consumed by humans is also a major limiting factor in the expansion of CEA systems to reduce the environmental impacts of food production at a global scale. This review introduces the concept of Integrated System CEA (ISCEA) in which multiple CEA systems can be deployed in an integrated localized fashion to increase efficiency and reduce environmental impacts of food production. We conclude that it is feasible that with sufficient green energy, that ISCEA systems could largely negate most forms of environmental damage associated with conventional farming at a global scale (e.g., GHGs, deforestation, nitrogen, phosphorus, pesticide use, etc.). However, while there is plenty of research being carried out into improving energy efficiency, renewable energy and crop diversification in CEA systems, the circular economy approach to waste is largely ignored. We recommend that industries begin to investigate how nutrient flows and efficiencies in systems can be better managed to improve the environmental performance of CEA systems of the future.

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“…Many researchers have discussed the development challenges that arise in the field of agriculture for fruit and vegetable harvesting and other field operations, i.e., sowing, weeding, and spraying vegetables [5][6][7]. However, with advancements in the Internet of Things (IoT), sensors, high-speed internet (4G/5G/6G), and robotic automation with required attachments, developments in agriculture are at their peak, and many operations, i.e., crop quality and quantity measurement, disease finding, the planting process, and harvesting are taken from types of machinery in developed countries [8][9][10][11]. The word automation here refers to the equipment and devices that work in place of manual procedures.…”

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Development Challenges of Fruit-Harvesting Robotic Arms: A Critical Review

Kaleem,

Hussain,

Aqib

et al. 2023

AgriEngineering

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Promotion of research and development in advanced technology must be implemented in agriculture to increase production in the current challenging environment where the demand for manual farming is decreasing due to the unavailability of skilled labor, high cost, and shortage of labor. In the last two decades, the demand for fruit harvester technologies, i.e., mechanized harvesting, manned and unmanned aerial systems, and robotics, has increased. However, several industries are working on the development of industrial-scale production of advanced harvesting technologies at low cost, but to date, no commercial robotic arm has been developed for selective harvesting of valuable fruits and vegetables, especially within controlled strictures, i.e., greenhouse and hydroponic contexts. This research article focused on all the parameters that are responsible for the development of automated robotic arms. A broad review of the related research works from the past two decades (2000 to 2022) is discussed, including their limitations and performance. In this study, data are obtained from various sources depending on the topic and scope of the review. Some common sources of data for writing this review paper are peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings from Google Scholar. The entire requirement for a fruit harvester contains a manipulator for mechanical movement, a vision system for localizing and recognizing fruit, and an end-effector for detachment purposes. Performance, in terms of harvesting time, harvesting accuracy, and detection efficiency of several developments, has been summarized in this work. It is observed that improvement in harvesting efficiency and custom design of end-effectors is the main area of interest for researchers. The harvesting efficiency of the system is increased by the implementation of optimal techniques in its vision system that can acquire low recognition error rates.

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Implementation of Inverse Kinematics for Crop-Harvesting Robotic Arm in Vertical Farming

Cited by 25 publications

References 13 publications

Scientific research trends for plant factory with artificial lighting: scoping review

Scientific research trends for plant factory with artificial lighting: scoping review

CEA Systems: the Means to Achieve Future Food Security and Environmental Sustainability?

Development Challenges of Fruit-Harvesting Robotic Arms: A Critical Review

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