Low cost and fully integrated Robotic fruit & vegetable handling & packing line for distributors

低成本且完全集成的机器人水果

• 批准号: 53950
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: WOOTZANO LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=53950
• 关键词: Low; cost; fully; integrated; Robotic

UK consumers can be found scavenging amongst the boxes and empty shelves of the produce aisle. In the fields, fresh fruit and veg lay to waste. The agriculture industry heavily relied on seasonal overseas workers to bring in the crops but with Brexit, followed by a nationwide lockdown, workers are scarce.As COVID-19 reaches over 1 million worldwide with no foreseeable end, long term measures need to be taken to ensure hunger doesn't add to the nation's concerns. Rising to the challenge are engineers in the field of Artificial Intelligence.Although not new to the industry, AI has enhanced the production of crops from collecting analytical data, sanitation, packaging and delivery. This allows farmers to do a lot more with a lot less. With labour shortages during these uncertain times, rapid development is needed to ensure the food security is maintained.British fruit and vegetable packaging facilities are struggling and the answer lies in the rapid integration of robotic systems to pick and package fresh produce. At Wootzano, huge strides have been taken in a relatively short space of time. With the use of our new innovative Wootzkin technology, fruit and vegetable packaging facilities can reduce their reliance on manual human labour to do the dexterous jobs and can have more sustained and reliable robotic systems doing the job for them.Millions of pounds are spent each year by these companies just to recruit temporary labour and even then they struggle to meet the demand. Using Wootzkin, a robot can feel and sense like humans do with their own skin. One robotic system can potentially replace at least 1 human worker and an expected ROI is around 1 year taking into account the increased productivity and more reliable packaging.Despite the lack of workers, companies are not only able to meet demands, but also adjust to the increased pressure brought on the epidemic.

英国消费者可以在农产品通道的盒子和空架子之间找到垃圾。田野里，新鲜的水果和蔬菜被浪费了。农业严重依赖季节性海外工人来种植作物，但随着英国脱欧，以及随后的全国封锁，工人短缺。随着COVID-19在全球范围内达到100多万人，而且没有可预见的结束，需要采取长期措施，以确保饥饿不会增加国家的担忧。人工智能领域的工程师们正在迎接挑战。尽管人工智能对该行业来说并不陌生，但它已经从收集分析数据、卫生、包装和交付等方面提高了作物的产量。这使得农民可以用更少的钱做更多的事情。在这个不确定的时期，劳动力短缺，需要快速发展，以确保粮食安全。英国的水果和蔬菜包装设施正在苦苦挣扎，答案在于快速集成机器人系统来采摘和包装新鲜农产品。在Wootzano，在相对较短的时间内取得了巨大的进步。通过使用我们创新的Wootzkin技术，水果和蔬菜包装设备可以减少对手工劳动力的依赖，并可以使用更持久和可靠的机器人系统来完成这些工作。这些公司每年花费数百万英镑招聘临时工，即使如此，他们也难以满足需求。使用Wootzkin，机器人可以像人类一样感觉和感知自己的皮肤。一个机器人系统可以替代至少一个人类工人，考虑到生产力的提高和更可靠的包装，预计投资回报率约为1年。尽管缺乏工人，企业不仅能够满足需求，而且还能够适应疫情带来的压力。