Horticultural Robotics: Seven Years of Experimentation

Belforte, Guido; Piccarolo, P.; Aimonino, Davide Ricauda; Deboli, Roberto

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2008.801.64

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“…Both these analyses allow the best working conditions for sprayers to be chosen. It is important to underline that these two pressures (air and water) depend each other, due to the internal sprayers geometry 19–21 …”

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“…It is important to underline that these two pressures (air and water) depend each other, due to the internal sprayers geometry. [19][20][21] The final solution was established looking for a good agreement between consumption and proper generation of droplets.…”

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“…Both air and water parameters (pressure and flowrate) were controlled by filter (50 µm for air), pressure reducer, and flowmeter. The relative percentage of water in droplets depends on pressure (both of air and water) imposed on nozzles 19–21 (class 1 for instruments).…”

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“…The machine described the uses of four atomizers producing a full cone jet with a spray angle of approximately 40° 19–21 For the prototype in question, pesticide was applied under ultra‐low‐volume conditions, 23 though other authors have investigated 24 five different distribution techniques, including high‐volume, high‐pressure greenhouse spraying methods and air‐assisted, electrostatically charged sprays to facilitate droplet deposition on the leaves. Techniques of this kind were also tested for the prototype discussed in the present paper, but results were poorer than those provided by the methods that were then adopted.…”

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“DeVoPeS”: DEFINED VOLUME PESTICIDE SPRAYER DESIGN AND TESTING

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2010

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2010

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“…These systems rely extensively on sensors and computing power to process data and to mimic the intelligence and very efficient eye-hand coordination of humans. Despite considerable effort on developing high-tech mechanization for greenhouse horticulture in recent years (Kondo and Ting, 1998;Kawolek and Rath, 2008;Yamamoto et al, 2008;Belforte et al, 2008;, practical implementation of these systems is very limited. Examples of commercial high-tech mechanization are the grafting robot based on the work of Kobayashi, et al (1999), and a robot to produce cuttings of roses, the Rombomatic (Rombouts and Rombouts, 2002).…”

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Innovation in Greenhouse Engineering

Giacomelli¹,

Castilla²,

Henten³

et al. 2008

Acta Hortic.

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Innovations in greenhouse engineering are technical developments which help evolve the state-of-the-art in CEA (Controlled Environment Agriculture). They occur in response to the operational demands on the system, and to strategic changes in expectations of the production system. Influential operational factors include availability of labor, cost for energy, logistics of transport, etc. Influential strategic factors result from broader, regional issues such as environmental impact, product safety and consistency, and consumer demand. These are industry-wide concerns that have the effect of changing the production system in the long term. Global issues are becoming more influential on greenhouse production sustainability, and include less tangible issues such as social acceptance, political stability, quality of life benefits, and environmental stewardship. These offer much more complex challenges and are generally beyond the realm of engineering. However global issues do affect greenhouse engineering innovation. The most effective innovations in greenhouse engineering design, operations and management, will incorporate input from partnerships with the academic, private and public sectors of society. Furthermore, successful applications include, at least to some degree a multidisciplinary approach of the sciences, engineering and economics, while for ultimate success and sustainability, societal and political support must also be attained. For this overview of innovation in greenhouse engineering a list of influential factors, or "driving forces" affecting the development, application, evolution and acceptance of greenhouse systems have been described. The factors are similar for all greenhouse systems around the world, as they include the plant biology of the crop, the physical components of the structure and production system hardware, the management and logistics of labor and materials, and the mechanism of marketing the crop. Each greenhouse system, wherever located, must resolve similar problems for its specific application. The magnitude of the factors and their relative local importance are different for the specific sites. The design response will be introduced and related to the factors, as examples of innovation.

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