A robotic asparagus kukohwa chirongwa chinotungamirwa nevarimi uye chinotsigirwa nehurumende chakagadzirirwa kumutsiridza indasitiri yeNew Zealand asparagus nekudzikisa matambudziko ebasa.
Iyo New Zealand Asparagus Council (NZAC) uye Tauranga-based Robotics Plus ichashanda pamwe chete nevarimi veNew Zealand asparagus kugadzira nyika-yekutanga kutengeserana-scale autonomous robotic asparagus kukohwewa kubatsira kugadzirisa kushomeka kwevashandi kuri kuramba kuchiitika muindasitiri uye kutsigira varimi kuti vapinde mumisika yepamusoro-soro.
Homwe yehurumende yeSustainable Food and Fiber Futures (SFF Futures) iri kupa mari inosvika mamiriyoni maviri nemazana matanhatu emadhora kuchirongwa che$2.6 miriyoni.
"Tinofara zvikuru kuti chirongwa ichi chienderere mberi sezvo tisina vanhu vakakwana kuti vaite basa," Sam Rainey, murimi weasparagus weMangaweka uye sachigaro weNZAC, vakadaro mukuburitswa kwenhau. “Kukohwewa kwemarobhoti kuchava shanduko kune indasitiri yeasparagus iyo parizvino iri kunyanya kunhonga nemaoko izvo zvinonetsa. Wepakati anonhonga anofamba makiromita gumi pazuva, saka zvakanyanya kuoma kukwezva vanhu kuti vaite basa.
"Kuve nekwaniso yekuwana inoshambadzira robhoti inokohwewa kuchaendawo kure kubatsira kubata mari, kuve nechokwadi kuti tinokwanisa kuramba tichiisa akarimwa emo asparagus mundiro dzedu."
Steve Saunders, CEO weRobotics Plus, akati anozvimirira anokohwa asparagus achaderedza zvimhingamipinyi zvevashandi, kuderedza uye kudzikamisa mitengo, uye kubvumira New Zealand asparagus kuve nemakwikwi ekupa mumisika yemitengo yakakwira kunze kwenyika.
"Tinofara kushanda nevarimi neNew Zealand Asparagus Council kuona kuti tagadzira mhinduro inotarisana nematambudziko uye kugadzira ramangwana riri nani reindasitiri yeasparagus. Iyo yakanakira marobhoti purojekiti sezvo yakasvibira asparagus inokodzera otomatiki sezvainokura pamusoro pevhu. Pamusoro pezvo, rinotsiva basa rinonetesa muviri rinongove nenguva pfupi yebasa iro varimi vanonetsekana nekukwezva basa rekukohwa," Saunders akadaro.
Iyo purojekiti inovaka pane prototype inokohwa robhoti yakagadziriswa neYunivhesiti yeWaikato vaongorori neRobotics Plus. Mumwaka miviri yadarika, Robotics Plus yakatsigira chirongwa cheYunivhesiti yeWaikato chekukohwewa kweasparagus chinotungamirwa naShen Hin Lim, mudzidzisi wepamusoro mune mechatronics uye mechanical engineering uye akabatsirwa zvikuru nePh.D. mudzidzi Matthew Peebles uye injiniya wemarobhoti Josh Barnett, uye akadzidziswa napurofesa Mike Duke.
Yekutanga prototype robotic asparagus inokohwa yakaratidzwa muCalifornia muna 2019, uye yechipiri iteration yakaedzwa muWaikato gore rapfuura. Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) yakatsigira chirongwa cheYunivhesiti yeWaikato chekutsvagisa, uye Callaghan Innovation yakatsigira kuyanana kwePhD, prototypes uye miedzo.
"Izvi zvekutanga prototypes zvakapa Robotics Plus ruzivo rwakakura mukugadzira chizvarwa chinotevera chekutengesa-scale asparagus kukohwa uye yakabatsira kuunza kufarira kwakasimba kubva kuindasitiri yeasparagus." Saunders akadaro. "Nerutsigiro kubva kuMinistry for Primary Industries, vanomhanyisa SFF Futures homwe, New Zealand Asparagus Council, uye nerutsigiro rwunoenderera kubva kuYunivhesiti yeWaikato nevamwe vatinoshanda navo, tichaendesa otomatiki kuindasitiri yeasparagus panguva iyo inoda kwazvo gara wakasimba uye ufambirane nezvinodiwa nevatengi zvezvirimwa zvitsva. "
Kufambisira mberi chirongwa ichi kune chinotengeswa asparagus chinokohwewa kuchabatsira kuwedzera kudzoka kwevarimi uye kutengesa kunze kwenyika, anodaro murimi Geoff Lewis weTendertips. “Zvisinei, hakusi kungononga chete kunokosha; ndizvo zvimwe zvese izvo tekinoroji iyi inogona kuunza kuindasitiri, senge goho data uye zvingangowedzerwa zvakadai sekurongedza uye kunyange kusakura. "
New Zealand Asparagus Council ichagadzira chirevo chakasimba chekushambadzira chekutumira kunze. NZAC Business Manager Karen Orr, akadaro. “Indasitiri yekuNew Zealand yeasparagus inofanirwa kukwanisa kutengesa zvimwe zvegoho rayo kunze kwemwaka wepamusoro mukupera kwaGumiguru naMbudzi. Kukwanisa kutengesa kunze zvirimwa zvakawandisa kwakakosha kune varimi kudzoka, uye ramangwana remumba asparagus kukura. Sechikamu chechirongwa ichi, tichave tichigadzira yakasarudzika kutengesa kweNew Zealand inorimwa asparagus mhiri kwemakungwa kuti iwane mari kunze kwenyika.
“Hafu yemutengo wekugadzira asparagus ibasa. Isu takanga tine budiriro yeasparagus inotengeswa kunze kwenyika muma80s uye 90s, asi izvo zvadzikira kusvika kunenge kusina kutengesa kunze kwenyika nekuda kwekuwedzera kwemitengo, kunyanya yevashandi. Hapasati pave nekudyara mune ramangwana reindasitiri nekuti kudzoka kwevarimi kwave kuderera.
“Ndosaka takatumidza chirongwa ichi zita rekuti ‘Asparagus Future’ – nekuti chirongwa ichi iramangwana redu. Tichabatsira varimi kuti vashande pamwe chete neRobotics Plus neMPI kugadzira nzira yeramangwana nechirongwa ichi chekutonga zvirimwa zvakazvimirira.''
Fresh asparagus accounts inodarika 74% yemugove wemusika wepasi rose uye ine huwandu hwekukura kwepagore hwe3.1%. Ndiwo musika mutsva uri kukurumidza kukurumidza kushandiswa pamunhu muNorth America yese, nekufungidzira kuri kufanotaura kukosha kwemusika kutsva kuri pedyo neUS $30 bhiriyoni panosvika 2027.