Design of an Integrated Cotton Picking System for Small-Scale Indian Agriculture
India, the world's largest producer of cotton, contains more than 4 million cotton farms that are less than 5 acres. These farms are incapable of large-scale mechanization due to small farm size and irregular farm shape. A previous team developed a handheld, roller-based picking device that dem...
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| author | Bautista, Brittany N. Diaz Lankenau, Guillermo Fabian Guitron, Steven P. Jennings, Brandon Douglas Nechlani, Rajkumar aka Ra Tang, Astera S. Tucker, Matthew Ryan Winter, Amos G. |
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| description | India, the world's largest producer of cotton, contains more than 4 million cotton farms that are less than 5 acres. These farms are incapable of large-scale mechanization due to small farm size and irregular farm shape. A previous team developed a handheld, roller-based picking device that demonstrated increased performance over similar products. However, a significant improvement in productivity requires increasing picking speed through mechanization as well as increasing worker cotton carrying capacity. We present a system that utilizes the roller-based picking device in tandem with a compressive storage bag and an efficient carrier. Through modeling and initial testing, the system demonstrates a two times (2X) improvement in worker productivity over current methods. This paper characterizes the cotton picking process, details the modules of the integrated system, and suggests further procedural improvements for greater increases in worker productivity. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1207822022-09-30T21:46:55Z Design of an Integrated Cotton Picking System for Small-Scale Indian Agriculture Bautista, Brittany N. Diaz Lankenau, Guillermo Fabian Guitron, Steven P. Jennings, Brandon Douglas Nechlani, Rajkumar aka Ra Tang, Astera S. Tucker, Matthew Ryan Winter, Amos G. MIT-SUTD Collaboration Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Sloan School of Management Bautista, Brittany N. Diaz Lankenau, Guillermo Fabian Guitron, Steven P. Jennings, Brandon Douglas Nechlani, Rajkumar aka Ra Tang, Astera S. Tucker, Matthew Ryan Winter, Amos G. India, the world's largest producer of cotton, contains more than 4 million cotton farms that are less than 5 acres. These farms are incapable of large-scale mechanization due to small farm size and irregular farm shape. A previous team developed a handheld, roller-based picking device that demonstrated increased performance over similar products. However, a significant improvement in productivity requires increasing picking speed through mechanization as well as increasing worker cotton carrying capacity. We present a system that utilizes the roller-based picking device in tandem with a compressive storage bag and an efficient carrier. Through modeling and initial testing, the system demonstrates a two times (2X) improvement in worker productivity over current methods. This paper characterizes the cotton picking process, details the modules of the integrated system, and suggests further procedural improvements for greater increases in worker productivity. 2019-03-07T15:04:21Z 2019-03-07T15:04:21Z 2017-08 2019-01-11T14:43:57Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper 978-0-7918-5816-5 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/120782 Bautista, Brittany N., Guillermo F. Diaz Lankenau, Steven P. Guitron, Brandon D. Jennings, Rahul Nechlani, Astera S. Tang, Matthew R. Tucker, and Amos G. Winter. “Design of an Integrated Cotton Picking System for Small-Scale Indian Agriculture.” Volume 4: 22nd Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference; 11th International Conference on Micro- and Nanosystems (August 6, 2017). doi:10.1115/detc2017-68132. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5400-2632 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1114-0864 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5143-9214 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7457-7078 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4151-0889 http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/DETC2017-68132 Volume 4: 22nd Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference; 11th International Conference on Micro- and Nanosystems Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf ASME International ASME |
| spellingShingle | Bautista, Brittany N. Diaz Lankenau, Guillermo Fabian Guitron, Steven P. Jennings, Brandon Douglas Nechlani, Rajkumar aka Ra Tang, Astera S. Tucker, Matthew Ryan Winter, Amos G. Design of an Integrated Cotton Picking System for Small-Scale Indian Agriculture |
| title | Design of an Integrated Cotton Picking System for Small-Scale Indian Agriculture |
| title_full | Design of an Integrated Cotton Picking System for Small-Scale Indian Agriculture |
| title_fullStr | Design of an Integrated Cotton Picking System for Small-Scale Indian Agriculture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of an Integrated Cotton Picking System for Small-Scale Indian Agriculture |
| title_short | Design of an Integrated Cotton Picking System for Small-Scale Indian Agriculture |
| title_sort | design of an integrated cotton picking system for small scale indian agriculture |
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