InedaHime Project (稲田姫 プロジェクト)

Steering a combine harvester out in the field is a task that entails heavy workload for the combine operator due to the long working hours and the poor surrounding environment, such as suspended dust particles and noise generated by the operations. Moreover, inaccurate operations of the harvester could result in incomplete harvest areas or re-harvesting of the already cropped areas. Thus, a high level of skill is required for the operator in order to prevent such inefficiencies. To resolve the aforementioned issues, there is a recent rise in the need for research and development of unmanned auto-steering systems that allow accurate steering and harvesting.

Autonomous head-feeding combine is expected to be a solution to the lack of human labor in Japanese Agriculture. Our lab(Field robotics of Kyoto univ.) is developing autonomous head-feeding combine.

1. Introduce http://robotstory.tistory.com/368

2. Integrated Control System for autonomous head-feeding combine http://youtu.be/27JU14tOgKg