Blue River Technology's LettuceBot precision lettuce thinning implement was just known by the Nā ʻĀina ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (ASABE) me ka makana AE50. Hoʻohanohano nā makana AE50 i nā hoʻolālā hou loa o ka makahiki i nā huahana ʻenekinia a i ʻole nā ʻōnaehana no ka ʻoihana meaʻai a me ka mahiʻai.
ʻO ka LettuceBot ka mea hana akamai mua loa e ʻike ai i kēlā me kēia mea kanu, hoʻoholo i ka mea i ʻike ʻia, a hoʻopuʻi pololei i nā mea kanu pākahi. ʻO LettuceBot e hoʻoheheʻe maʻalahi i nā māla lettuce me ka pololei e hoʻonui ai i nā hua a hāʻawi i ka poʻe mahiʻai i kahi koho kūpono no ka liʻiliʻi o ka hana mahiʻai.
Kanu ʻia nā hua letus ma kahi kiʻekiʻe aʻe ma mua o ka mea e pono ai e hōʻoia i ka nui o nā mea kanu e puka mai i kahi kū like. Mālama ka LettuceBot i nā mea kanu maikaʻi loa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pae hoʻohālikelike e pili ana i ka spacing kūpono a me ka nui like ʻole o nā mea kanu i loaʻa. ʻO ka ʻenehana ma luna o ka moku me nā pahupaʻikiʻi, 20 mau mea hana kiʻekiʻe o ka laina, nā algorithms ʻike kamepiula a me nā mea hoʻoheheʻe ʻehā-ʻīniha pololei e ʻae ʻoi aku ma mua o 5,000 mau hoʻoholo i kēlā me kēia minuke. Hōʻike ʻo LettuceBot i kahi ʻanuʻu nui i nā mea hana akamai i hiki ke ʻike a kāpīpī i nā mea kanu pākahi ma ka pālākiō. ʻO kēia ʻike a me ka hiki ʻana i ka pulupulu kahi hana nui i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka hoʻohana kemika a hoʻonui i ka hoʻomau.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka lawelawe ʻana i ka lettuce thinning a Blue River Technology ma Kaleponi o Salinas, Central and Imperial Valleys a me Yuma, Arizona. E ʻoluʻolu e kelepona mai Mac Keely, luna nui no ka 'ike hou aku a i 'ole ka lettuce thinning demo.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Blue River Technology i ka makahiki 2011, e ʻelua mau haumāna puka kula ʻo Stanford me ka ʻike i ka mahiʻai pololei a me nā robotics. ʻO kā lākou manaʻo e hoʻomau i ka mahiʻai ma o ka robotics a me ka ʻike kamepiula. Ua kūkulu a hoʻāʻo lākou i ko lākou manaʻo ma ke awāwa waena, e hōʻike ana i ka pono o ka aʻo ʻana o ka mīkini, ʻike kamepiula, a me nā robotics i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai.
ʻO ASABE kahi hui ʻepekema a hoʻonaʻauao honua i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka holomua o ka ʻenekinia pili i ka mahiʻai, meaʻai, a me nā ʻōnaehana olaola. No nā kikoʻī hou aku e kipa www.asabe.org/AE50.