Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : May 10, 2017 - May 13, 2017
The weeding robot has been developed for many years. This robot inhibits germination of weeds by bulldozing soil. Further, it has rod wheel which can run in the paddy field. This wheel has some cylindrical rods. However, this wheel has two problems. 1) Dynamics of this wheel moving are unclear. 2) The wheel damages the roots of the rice plants by bulldozing soil around them. In this study, we analyzed the bulldozing effect from one rod for solving these problems. In order to analyze the soil movement, we design an experiment toolkit. Results of analysis show the soil movement is classified into three types.
