A Smart Robotic System for SmartFarm

智能农场的智能机器人系统

• 批准号: 107457
• 金额: $ 63.43万
• 依托单位: SMALL ROBOT COMPANY LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=107457
• 关键词: Smart; Robotic; System; SmartFarm

Small Robot Company is an agritech start-up commercialising a deceptively simple idea: small robots not big tractors. This project will aim to develop an pest and disease control spraying system integrated on a robotic platform, capable of treating the problem with a per-plant precision spraying platform. This will prevent yield-limiting crop damage by addressing pest and disease problems early, and minimise pesticide input through early intervention targeting only affected plants, not the whole crop. The deployment of small robots protects soils, avoiding the damage caused by conventional heavy machinery. They also require a fraction of the energy to operate. This precision approach maximises output, and minimises input - driving efficiency, contributing towards net zero emissions from agriculture and maximising farmer returns. The platform will contribute significantly to the commercialisation of SRC's Farming as a Service model. UK partners (SRC, University of Strathclyde and Agri-EPI Centre) will work closely with a consortium in China to develop, test and demonstrate this technology, with a view to jointly commercialising the project outputs in the UK, China and beyond.

小型机器人公司是一家农业技术初创企业，它将一个看似简单的想法商业化：小型机器人而不是大型拖拉机。该项目旨在开发一种集成在机器人平台上的病虫害控制喷洒系统，能够通过每株植物精确喷洒平台处理问题。这将通过及早解决病虫害问题来防止限制产量的作物损害，并通过仅针对受影响植物而不是整个作物的早期干预来减少农药投入。部署小型机器人保护土壤，避免传统重型机械造成的损害。它们还需要一小部分能量来运行。这种精确的方法最大限度地提高了产出，最大限度地降低了投入驱动效率，有助于实现农业净零排放和农民回报最大化。该平台将大大有助于SRC的农业即服务模式的商业化。英国合作伙伴（SRC，斯特拉斯克莱德大学和农业-EPI中心）将与中国的一个财团密切合作，开发，测试和展示这项技术，以期在英国，中国和其他地区共同商业化项目成果。