AUTOPIC - The use of robotic technology for soft fruit picking

AUTOPIC - 使用机器人技术进行软果采摘

• 批准号: 101814
• 金额: $ 35.51万
• 依托单位: TELEMETRY ASSOCIATES LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=101814
• 关键词: AUTOPIC; use; robotic; technology; soft

AUTOPIC is a multi disciplinary project aimed at mechanising the harvesting of soft fruit through the use of autonomous vehicles and robotics. Partners include Harper Adams University, the Shadow Robot Company, Interface Devices Limited, BerryWorld and the National Physical Laboratory. The project is timely since the source of migrant seasonal fruit pickers is no longer supported by the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme and in general migration is being discouraged by government policy. This has had the net effect of creating a crisis of there not being sufficient workers to pick the soft fruit we take for granted in our supermarkets and potential increased reliance on imports. Further, labour issues are not confined to the UK so that if the project is successful there will be a significant export market for the project output. There are likely to be many benefits from the use of the AUTOPIC autonomous vehicle and its robotics and we believe that the new technology will be transformative for a new UK industry.

AUTOPIC是一个多学科项目，旨在通过使用自动驾驶汽车和机器人技术实现软水果的机械化收获。合作伙伴包括哈珀亚当斯大学、影子机器人公司、接口设备有限公司、贝里世界和国家物理实验室。该项目是及时的，因为季节性农业工人计划不再支持季节性水果采摘工人的来源，而且政府的政策一般不鼓励移徙。这造成了一场危机，即没有足够的工人在我们的超市里采摘我们认为理所当然的软水果，并可能增加对进口的依赖。此外，劳工问题并不局限于英国，因此，如果项目成功，项目产出将有一个重要的出口市场。使用AUTOPIC自动驾驶汽车及其机器人技术可能会带来许多好处，我们相信这项新技术将为英国的新行业带来变革。