Aki Ota -cho is blessed with rich nature located in the northwestern part of Hiroshima Prefecture.There are house farms that cultivate spinach and komatsuna on the open land of Yamaiai.
Two of these farms, agriculture that utilizes cutting -edge robot technologies and AI / IoT technologies, and demonstration experiments of "smart agriculture" are underway.
The theme is agriculture that can be earned.
Among them, the eye -catching "automatic transport robot" with a caterpillar.While accompanied by a person, we continue to trial and error, including confirming the operation of the pests and the operation.
I want to provide the solution (solution) that producers really need in agricultural sites.Hopefully, it's not flashy, but it's a steady approach to challengers trying to change the agriculture in Hiroshima Prefecture!
Isn't the existing smart agriculture "demonstration experiment" responding to the request of the site?
It takes about an hour to run a car from the center of Hiroshima City.There is a farm that will be the stage of the demonstration experiment.In agricultural categories, it is a place called "Midsan area" from the outer edge of the plains to the mountainous area.
This is what we talk about is Hiroshima -type Smart Agricultural Project "Hiroshima SEED BOX" ( *), Hiroshima Prefecture Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Agricultural Management Development Division, and Hiroshi Kodama of the chief of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
"Hiroshima SEED BOX" is challenging three themes this year.
Sanei Sangyo is the representative company.Mr. Makazu Yoneyama, CEO, and Jun Okawa, a project manager who is in charge of practical work, is both passionate.Especially for Yoneyama
With that in mind, I raised my hands on public offering in Hiroshima Prefecture.He said that he was looking for a consortium company, using the Hiroshima SEED BOX matching platform, conveyed his thoughts and online meetings and called for participation.
Mr. Okikawa, a planner who leads the project, swears the success of the demonstration experiment saying, "A wonderful team was formed."
One of the companies that responded to their thoughts was Cuborex, a transport machine and ground -running robot.
"It's so easily assembled!"
A certain day of August.
Reporters accompanied that there was a test run for CuboreX automatic transport robots (crawolo robots), which is used in demonstration experiments for controlling pests and harvesting harvesting.This time, the company will use the company's electric crawler unit "CUGO".
I went to the site and was surprised!
When I was wondering if the finished product would be brought in, the caterpillars (crawlers), the exterior of the aluminum frame, the power sources, etc. appeared.First of all, it started with the assembly of robots!
CUGO has a structure that can be assembled like a LEGO block.Utilizing its features, you can customize it depending on where you use it and what to use.
The crawola robot is completed in about 20 minutes.
Such voices were flying from the people who saw the real thing for the first time.
CuboreX engineer Motonori Terasawa, who came a little earlier and worked hard to work, stopped a little hand and talked about this.
Then he went to the crawola robot test run.While actually running, I checked the width and height of the ridge and ridge of the field, and was considering adjusting the part of the parts.
When the reporter sees such a situation, Mizuhito Terashima, the creator of this crawor robot, CUBOREX CEO, Mizuhito Terashima, looked at him.
He talked.
According to Terashima, the crawola robot, which is a test run, still has room for improvement.At the moment, based on the issues I had heard in advance, it was just the "first machine" assembled with basic parts.
In the future, after determining the situation and issues of the site, we will add the necessary functions and finish it as a crawler robot with a higher degree of perfection.For example, on this day, it was a remote control with the controller at hand, but the concept was to automate / self -propelling with a sensor.
We provide products that can be customized according to the actual situation and issues of different sites.According to the highest strategy officer, Naohiro Haneda, "This is a style of Cuborex, the style of Terashima, which is important for Terashima to make things that are hardware."
Expectations from producers are also high.Masahide Watanabe, a producer who cooperates in the demonstration experiment, said as follows.
I want you to incorporate it into smart farming and young farmers!
This demonstration experiment is proceeding in a three -year plan.
In the demonstration experiment in charge of CUBOREX, we will verify the operation of the crawler robot in the first year, and in the second year, the ease of use and durability, etc.
Aiming for agriculture that can be earned.Kodama of the Hiroshima Prefectural Office
I was expecting.
When you hear smart agriculture, there are places where only large -scale initiatives are easy to attract attention.However, the style of focusing on your feet and continuing to contribute to producers will also gain the momentum of digital transformations in the agricultural field.