September 19, 2009 Saturday, Japan.
Purpose:
Farming robots (farm bots) is a concept I began considering to address a specific problem. While in Japan I realized that space for farming was rather complicated. The land is hilly, mountainous, and certain crops need more or less water, and at different times. A drip line would not solve this problem of watering variety of crops, because even with a drip control like Rain Bird's drip line w/ an insert in the tubing (I know, because I wrote Rain Bird's assembly and CPanel instructions in 2005 or so) the water to specific crops cannot be entirely controlled--At least not in the particularly mountainous area of Japan where I resided.
Thus, my invention (along with my idea to build spherical portable shelters for tsunamis[I lost this idea when my gmail had a problem]) was a series of wire tubes acting as conveyors for watering orbs, mounted with sensors. The entire grid is controlled by computer programming. When crops are moved and rearranged, so, too, must the farm bot system be reset to the new arrangement. The orbs will travel along the wire tubing, and distribute water in the perfect amount for each crop.
Moreover, the spray from the orbs would be programmed to hit the crop at the correct angle. Some crops, by the way, do not like to be watered directly over the leaves.
My idea started when I was thinking about creating a water catcher, windmill, and solar power for our farms.
Originally, I had thought of creating small independent robots to farm. This is troublesome in design and functionality.
I came up instead with the idea of creating one robot... I thought of a tower, a pole like a windmill, but with vast arms capable of covering a long distance of farm in a 360 degree circumference. The top of the tower is envisioned as having a solar panel crest. Arms rotate all around the tower. These arms are envisioned as being able to plant seeds, pull crops, trim the brush and carry harvest.
Additionally, the arms can water the entire farm. The farm would be made in to a circular pattern.
Most of my robotics ideas are different from the designs by engineers, in that I look at robotics the same way ancient priests looked at the martial arts--I look to nature for understanding, even in my philosophies. Human robots, for example, I mean androids, should have equilibrium in order to properly walk. I'd just place liquid/ fluids in the cranium of the robot along with the necessary sensors for sensing and maintaining ballast.
Farming Robotics Concept
Robots are used in factories, for exploration, and even invite visitors in to some stores. Why not use robots for gardening and farming crops in your backyard? The problem might be that the concept for robots. Consider for a moment if robots need to be mobile in order to accomplish the task of gardening or harvesting crops. This concept you're about to see might change your thinking about how robots could be used in your own backyard.
I tend to look at robots the same way that ancient monks viewed the martial arts--I look to nature for inspiration. However, when I considered the possibility of creating an independent robot for gardening and farming, the idea of insect like robots flew out the window. The problem is that independent robots wheeling around in a farm is a bit complicated and only creates more work for the owner to maintain. At the time I was considering building a windmill. Instantly, I thought of a tree in the center of the field. I also envisioned the circular motion made by a windmill, similar to the circular motion associated with Kung-fu.
Then I came up with the idea of changing the landscape into a circular form, and planting a tower like robot in the center of it. As the sun rises, a solar panel at the crest of the robot picks up the rays of the sun. In a short while, the robot goes to work.
The sensor on the water/ shower head detects moisture levels in the air. A second robotic arm has extensors mounted on it. The extensors can be made to drop seed or trim the plant. One difficulty in this idea is making the ex tensors delicate enough to harvest fruits and vegetables.
Surrounding the garden or farm is a line of bar code. This is just an idea I was toying with to find a way of programming the extensor arm in recognizing what kind of plant life is in which area on the ground (or possibly a starting and stopping point for the water head).
Water is fed into the robot through a water tank. The water tank stores water running from underground.
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Purpose:
Farming robots (farm bots) is a concept I began considering to address a specific problem. While in Japan I realized that space for farming was rather complicated. The land is hilly, mountainous, and certain crops need more or less water, and at different times. A drip line would not solve this problem of watering variety of crops, because even with a drip control like Rain Bird's drip line w/ an insert in the tubing (I know, because I wrote Rain Bird's assembly and CPanel instructions in 2005 or so) the water to specific crops cannot be entirely controlled--At least not in the particularly mountainous area of Japan where I resided.
Thus, my invention (along with my idea to build spherical portable shelters for tsunamis[I lost this idea when my gmail had a problem]) was a series of wire tubes acting as conveyors for watering orbs, mounted with sensors. The entire grid is controlled by computer programming. When crops are moved and rearranged, so, too, must the farm bot system be reset to the new arrangement. The orbs will travel along the wire tubing, and distribute water in the perfect amount for each crop.
Moreover, the spray from the orbs would be programmed to hit the crop at the correct angle. Some crops, by the way, do not like to be watered directly over the leaves.
My idea started when I was thinking about creating a water catcher, windmill, and solar power for our farms.
Originally, I had thought of creating small independent robots to farm. This is troublesome in design and functionality.
I came up instead with the idea of creating one robot... I thought of a tower, a pole like a windmill, but with vast arms capable of covering a long distance of farm in a 360 degree circumference. The top of the tower is envisioned as having a solar panel crest. Arms rotate all around the tower. These arms are envisioned as being able to plant seeds, pull crops, trim the brush and carry harvest.
Most of my robotics ideas are different from the designs by engineers, in that I look at robotics the same way ancient priests looked at the martial arts--I look to nature for understanding, even in my philosophies. Human robots, for example, I mean androids, should have equilibrium in order to properly walk. I'd just place liquid/ fluids in the cranium of the robot along with the necessary sensors for sensing and maintaining ballast.
Farming Robotics ConceptRobots are used in factories, for exploration, and even invite visitors in to some stores. Why not use robots for gardening and farming crops in your backyard? The problem might be that the concept for robots. Consider for a moment if robots need to be mobile in order to accomplish the task of gardening or harvesting crops. This concept you're about to see might change your thinking about how robots could be used in your own backyard.
I tend to look at robots the same way that ancient monks viewed the martial arts--I look to nature for inspiration. However, when I considered the possibility of creating an independent robot for gardening and farming, the idea of insect like robots flew out the window. The problem is that independent robots wheeling around in a farm is a bit complicated and only creates more work for the owner to maintain. At the time I was considering building a windmill. Instantly, I thought of a tree in the center of the field. I also envisioned the circular motion made by a windmill, similar to the circular motion associated with Kung-fu.
Then I came up with the idea of changing the landscape into a circular form, and planting a tower like robot in the center of it. As the sun rises, a solar panel at the crest of the robot picks up the rays of the sun. In a short while, the robot goes to work.
The sensor on the water/ shower head detects moisture levels in the air. A second robotic arm has extensors mounted on it. The extensors can be made to drop seed or trim the plant. One difficulty in this idea is making the ex tensors delicate enough to harvest fruits and vegetables.
Surrounding the garden or farm is a line of bar code. This is just an idea I was toying with to find a way of programming the extensor arm in recognizing what kind of plant life is in which area on the ground (or possibly a starting and stopping point for the water head).
Water is fed into the robot through a water tank. The water tank stores water running from underground.
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