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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 509544" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p>It's well known that mechanisation has made massive, rapid changes to modern farming methods, so it's inevitable that <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/future-tech/super-strong-robot-suits-for-elderly-farmers-191142" target="_blank">robotics will be the next new frontier for food production</a>.</p><p>Already pushing that frontier, we find a Japanese university working on a robotic device to help harvest fruit as accurately as a skilled human.</p><p>The machine, which comes from a start-up connected to Utsunomiya University, gathers strawberries and is known, rather practically, as <em><a href="http://www.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/news/2006/n_060824/n_060824.html" target="_blank">Ichigo Tsumi</a></em>, or Strawberry Picking Robot.</p><p><strong>Colour sensitive</strong></p><p>As the key to plucking a ripe strawberry from the plant is in selecting one with the perfect red hue, the robot has a camera just underneath its arm. When it judges the fruit to be ready, it snips it off and drops it into a basket.</p><p>This being Japan, of course, the machines masters have added a cutesy touch. When it sets to work, Ichigo Tsumi pipes up: "Measuring ... oh, I found one. Starting to pick."</p><p>After favourable tests with real strawberry farmers, the university firm plans to start selling the fruit-finding robots in about two years' time. Given that they can work in darkness as well as daylight, larger strawberry farms are sure to be interested.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/future-tech/colour-smart-robot-has-eye-for-strawberries-323902" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Feedster, post: 509544, member: 259515"] It's well known that mechanisation has made massive, rapid changes to modern farming methods, so it's inevitable that [URL="http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/future-tech/super-strong-robot-suits-for-elderly-farmers-191142"]robotics will be the next new frontier for food production[/URL]. Already pushing that frontier, we find a Japanese university working on a robotic device to help harvest fruit as accurately as a skilled human. The machine, which comes from a start-up connected to Utsunomiya University, gathers strawberries and is known, rather practically, as [I][URL="http://www.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp/news/2006/n_060824/n_060824.html"]Ichigo Tsumi[/URL][/I], or Strawberry Picking Robot. [B]Colour sensitive[/B] As the key to plucking a ripe strawberry from the plant is in selecting one with the perfect red hue, the robot has a camera just underneath its arm. When it judges the fruit to be ready, it snips it off and drops it into a basket. This being Japan, of course, the machines masters have added a cutesy touch. When it sets to work, Ichigo Tsumi pipes up: "Measuring ... oh, I found one. Starting to pick." After favourable tests with real strawberry farmers, the university firm plans to start selling the fruit-finding robots in about two years' time. Given that they can work in darkness as well as daylight, larger strawberry farms are sure to be interested. [url=http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/future-tech/colour-smart-robot-has-eye-for-strawberries-323902]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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