Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia kahi papahana ʻohi asparagus robotic e alakaʻi ʻia e nā mea ulu a kākoʻo ʻia e ke aupuni e hoʻoikaika hou i ka ʻoihana asparagus o New Zealand ma o ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā pilikia hana.
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Ka Ahaolelo Asparagus o Aotearoa (NZAC) a me Tauranga Robotics Plus e hana pū me nā mea kanu asparagus o New Zealand e hoʻomohala i kahi ʻohi ʻokiʻoki robotic asparagus kūʻai mua o ka honua e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka hemahema o ka hana ma ka ʻoihana a kākoʻo i nā mea ulu e paʻi i nā mākeke kūʻai waiwai nui.
Ke hāʻawi nei ka waihona kālā Sustainable Food and Fiber Futures (SFF Futures) o ke aupuni i $2.6 miliona i ka papahana $5.83 miliona.
"Ua hauʻoli nui mākou i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia papahana no ka mea ʻaʻole lawa ka poʻe e hana i ka hana," wahi a Sam Rainey, ka mea kanu asparagus Mangaweka a me ka noho NZAC, i loko o kahi nūhou. "ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili robot e lilo i mea hoʻololi pāʻani no ka ʻoihana asparagus e hilinaʻi nui nei i ka ʻohi ʻana i ka asparagus ma ka lima, he hana paʻakikī. E hele ana ka mea koho maʻamau i 10 mau kilomita i kēlā me kēia lā, no laila paʻakikī loa ka huki ʻana i nā kānaka e hana i ka hana.
"ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hiki ke komo i kahi ʻohi robotic kalepa e hele lōʻihi hoʻi i ke kōkua ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i nā kumukūʻai, me ka hōʻoia ʻana e hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i ka waiho ʻana i ka asparagus hou i ulu i kā mākou mau papa."
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Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Steve Saunders, Luna Nui o Robotics Plus, he mea ʻohi asparagus autonomous e hōʻemi i nā pilikia o ka hana, e hoʻemi a hoʻopaʻa i nā kumukūʻai, a e ʻae i ka asparagus o Aotearoa e loaʻa i kahi makana hoʻokūkū ma nā mākeke kūʻai waiwai nui.
"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hana pū ʻana me nā mea ulu a me ka New Zealand Asparagus Council e hōʻoia i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi hopena e hoʻoponopono ai i nā luʻina a hoʻokumu i kahi wā e hiki mai ana no ka ʻoihana asparagus. He papahana robotics maikaʻi ia e like me ka asparagus ʻōmaʻomaʻo e kūpono i ka automation ke ulu ʻo ia ma luna o ka honua. Eia kekahi, hoʻololi ia i kahi hana koʻikoʻi i ke kino he puka makani pōkole wale nō ka mea e hakakā nei nā mea ulu e huki i ka hana ʻohi, "wahi a Saunders.
Kūkulu ʻia ka papahana ma luna o kahi robot hōʻiliʻili prototype i hoʻomohala ʻia e nā mea noiʻi o ke Kulanui o Waikato me Robotics Plus. I nā kau ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua kākoʻo ʻo Robotics Plus i ka papahana ʻohi asparagus prototype a ke Kulanui o Waikato i alakaʻi ʻia e Shen Hin Lim, ke kumu aʻoaʻo kiʻekiʻe ma ka mechatronics a me ka ʻenekinia mechanical a ua kōkua nui ʻia e Ph.D. haumāna ʻo Matthew Peebles a me ka ʻenekini robotics ʻo Josh Barnett, a i alakaʻi ʻia e ke kaukaʻi Mike Duke.
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Ua hōʻike ʻia ka mua prototype robotic asparagus harvester ma Kaleponi i ka makahiki 2019, a ua hoʻāʻo ʻia ka lua o ka hoʻololi ʻana ma Waikato i ka makahiki i hala. Ua kākoʻo ke Keʻena ʻOihana Pāʻoihana, Hana Hou a me ka Hana (MBIE) i ka papahana noiʻi o ke Kulanui o Waikato, a ua kākoʻo ʻo Callaghan Innovation i ka PhD fellowship, prototypes a me nā hoʻāʻo.
"Ua hāʻawi kēia mau prototypes mua iā Robotics Plus i nā ʻike maikaʻi loa i ka hana ʻana i kahi ʻohi asparagus pāʻoihana hou aʻe a ua kōkua i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka hoihoi nui mai ka ʻoihana asparagus," wahi a Saunders. "Me ke kākoʻo mai ka Ministry for Primary Industries, nāna e hoʻokele i ka waihona kālā SFF Futures, New Zealand Asparagus Council, a me ke kākoʻo mau ʻana mai ke Kulanui o Waikato a me nā hoa ʻē aʻe, e hāʻawi mākou i ka automation i ka ʻoihana asparagus i ka manawa e makemake nui ai. e hoʻomau i ka hoʻomau a mālama i ka makemake o nā mea kūʻai aku no nā huahana hou.
ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pāhana i kahi ʻohi asparagus i kūʻai ʻia e kōkua i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana a me nā mea hoʻopukapuka, wahi a Geoff Lewis o Tendertips. “Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻo ka ʻohi wale nō ka mea nui; ʻo ia nā mea ʻē aʻe a pau e hiki ai i kēia ʻenehana ke lawe mai i ka ʻoihana, e like me ka ʻikepili hua a me nā mea hoʻohui e like me ka hoʻopili ʻana a me ka weeding.
E hoʻomohala ʻo New Zealand Asparagus Council i kahi manaʻo kūʻai ikaika no ka lawe ʻana aku. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo NZAC Business Manager Karen Orr. "Pono ka ʻoihana asparagus o New Zealand e hoʻokuʻu aku i kekahi o kā lākou huahana i ka wā kiʻekiʻe i ka hopena o ʻOkakopa a me Nowemapa. He mea koʻikoʻi ka hiki ke hoʻokuʻu aku i nā hua nui no ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana o ka mea kanu, a me ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka ulu ʻana o ka asparagus kūloko. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kēia papahana, e hana mākou i kahi manaʻo kūʻai kūʻai kūʻokoʻa no New Zealand ulu asparagus ma waho e loaʻa ai ka loaʻa kālā no ka ʻāina.
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"ʻO ka hapalua o ke kumukūʻai o ka hana ʻana i ka asparagus he hana. Loaʻa iā mākou ka ulu ʻana o ka asparagus i nā 80s a me 90s, akā ua hōʻemi ʻia i ka aneane ʻaʻole e hoʻokuʻu aku ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai, ʻoi aku ka hana. ʻAʻohe hoʻokomo kālā i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka ʻoihana no ka mea ke emi nei ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana mai o nā mea ulu.
"ʻO ia ke kumu i kapa ai mākou i kēia papahana 'Asparagus Future' - no ka mea ʻo kēia papahana ko mākou mua. E kōkua mākou i ka poʻe mahiʻai e hana pū me Robotics Plus a me MPI e hana i kahi ala e hiki mai ana me kēia papahana hoʻokele hoʻokele autonomous.''
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ʻOi aku ka nui o ka asparagus hou ma mua o 74% o ka māhele mākeke honua a loaʻa iā ia kahi ulu ulu makahiki o 3.1%. ʻO ia ka wikiwiki o ka ulu ʻana o ka mākeke hou no ka ʻai ʻana ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, me nā wānana e wānana ana i ka loiloi mākeke hou kokoke i US $ 30 biliona e 2027.