Design of sapling planting robot

Jiajie Shan; Changji Cai

doi:10.1117/12.2681984

16 June 2023 Design of sapling planting robot

Jiajie Shan, Changji Cai

Proceedings Volume 12639, Third International Conference on Mechanical Design and Simulation (MDS 2023); 126390Z (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2681984
Event: Third International Conference on Mechanical Design and Simulation (MDS 2023), 2023, Xi'an, China

Abstract

Rather than open-air planting, small and medium-sized farm facilities dominate agricultural production in China. The dimensional characteristics of these facilities include a low ceiling height and a narrow width. With these dimensional parameters, field agricultural robotics could be improved in these facilities, leading to hand transplanting by farmers. To meet the demands of small and medium-sized agrarian facilities for sapling transplantation, a sapling planting robot has been developed whose functions are to plant saplings semi automatically to meet the needs of these facilities. All mechanisms were driven by electric power due to environmental sustainability. Throughout this paper, the main focus will be on the design of the mechanical system used. Hardware components of this machine include the chassis, sapling feeding unit, transmission system, and duckbill planter. This machine's hardware design has been completed, along with the design of its central control system using a PLC (programmable logic controller). The sapling planting robots were tested at 10 m/s with the highest success rate measured at 96.25%, respectively. In conclusion, the machine is capable of planting well and has an effective control system.

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Jiajie Shan and Changji Cai "Design of sapling planting robot", Proc. SPIE 12639, Third International Conference on Mechanical Design and Simulation (MDS 2023), 126390Z (16 June 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2681984

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