Economic design of artificial lighting plant factory based on biomass conversion efficiency of Okhotsk vegetables by Ryota YORIFUJI, Shin’ya OBARA

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Target path setting method of root cutting blades for an automatic harvester for soft leaf vegetables and its verification by field tests by Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Yuichi CHIDA, Akihiro FUJISAWA

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Stone obstacle detection method on the vegetation with LIDAR intensity of the ground surface for brush cutting robot (Proposition of correction formula for LIDAR intensity under the influence of wetness and ambient light) by Shinya OHKAWA, Yoshihiro TAKITA, Hisashi DATE

“…In order to safely operate a brush-cutting robot, stone obstacles on the vegetation around the brush cutter should be detected and avoided. …”
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Experience Value Provided by Independent Small-Sized Retailers by Mari Ninomiya, Mitsuhisa Hama

Subjects: “…fruit and vegetable distribution…”
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Arm length and arm angle control of two-degree of freedom system of an automatic harvester for soft vegetables (1st report, arm length control of a root cutting blade) by Takamitsu HATAKEYAMA, Kosuke HIRANO, Yuta NAKAMURA, Akihiro FUJISAWA, Takashi TSUCHIYA, Tatsuya YAMAGUCHI, Yuichi CHIDA, Tatsuya YOSHIMURA

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Detection of stone obstacles in grass by LIDAR intensity clustering by Shinya OHKAWA, Yoshihiro TAKITA, Hisashi DATE

“…However, collecting scanned data using the 3D-LIDAR included some small noises other than vegetation by soil or trash. If the brush cutter's auto operation was controlled using raw scan data, work efficiency is reduced by frequent stop instruction. …”
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A proposal and simulation of a trading market for lettuces supplied by plant factories by Thinh NGUYEN QUANG, Koji IWAMURA, Nobuhiro SUGIMURA, Toshikazu URADE, Kazuki TAKETOSHI, Bunyo KAGAWA, Yoshiyuki HIRAHARA, Yasuhiro KINOSHITA

“…Much emphasis is now being given to research and development of plant factories which daily produce a large volume of high-quality vegetables under artificially controlled environments. …”
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Health-Oriented Management Branding: by Chieko Takahashi

“…The company has invested in employee’ healthcare from an early stage, and has created the brand “KENKO DOJO”, which is based on brown rice and vegetable meals and vegetable juices, which their healthcare facility provides for employees. …”
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Path planning of multiple mobile robots considering agricultural work and its application to automatic carriers by Masaki ASANO, Takanori FUKAO

“…In automatic harvesting of vegetables such as cabbages which are loaded in containers, autonomous driving of carriers is needed to carry containers. …”
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Proposition of an energy density topology change method for plural eigen frequencies control by Toshie SASAKI, Ichiro HAGIWARA

“…It has not been solved that the fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, cells, blood and a bottle of sake are damaged, broken during transportation. …”
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