| Buxus and Privet Hedge Trimmer Robot |
| Paper ID : 1039-NICAME1402 |
| Authors: |
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Mohammad Reza Kamandar *1, Jafar Massah2 1ّDepartment of Mechanical Engineering of Biosystems, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Iran. 2Department of Agrotechnology, College of Abouraihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. |
| Abstract: |
| Evergreen and ornamental shrubs like buxus with a scientific name of boxwood (Buxus Sp) and privet with a scientific name of Ligustrum Ovalifolium (Oleaceae Sp) have important role to reduction of cites air pollution and also they increase the beauty of parks view. The cutting of buxus and privet stalks is the main goal of pruning and it gives a beautiful shape to the shrubs. Buxus and privet stems are pruned by manual hedge trimmer in small areas and gasoline powered hedge trimmer in wide areas. Many researches are carried out that most operators of common pruning machines are exposed to the unpleasant and dangerous arm and body vibrations. So to reduce the dangerous effects of vibration on operator's arms and also to increase the speed and quality of buxus and privet stalks pruning, it was necessary to design and fabricate the shrubs pruning robot. Ideally, the pruning robot would provide complex shaped pruning with better quality at a much faster rate and can work for extended periods compared to what a human pruner could accomplish. The knowing of the shearing properties of buxus and privet stalks have important role in design and fabricate of pruning robot. The trimmer robot was developed and fabricated including, platform, manipulator, wrist, end effector, auto leveling mechanism and control unit. In evaluation phase of the robot, the laboratory and filed tests were defined as a completely randomized block design. The laboratory and filed tests were conducted with 3 replications in each treatment. |
| Keywords: |
| Manipulator, Privet, Buxus, Forming |
| Status : Paper Accepted (Poster Presentation) |
