A demonstration experiment of a remote-controlled all-electric grass-cutting robot was conducted at Kyushu University's Ito Campus.
A demonstration experiment of a remote-controlled all-electric grass-cutting robot was conducted on Kyushu University Ito Campus.
You can watch a video of the experiment on the day at the URL below.
https://www.tvq.co.jp/news/news.html?did=2025080400000006
About the trial study program for high school students in 2025
We held a hands-on learning program for high school students in 2025. 27 high school students participated and successfully completed the entire program.
Hands-on Program
9:00: Meeting in Room 226, West Building 5, Kyushu University, Ito Campus
9:05-9:30: Orientation. Brief introduction to the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University (Prof. Iwata)
9:40-10:50: The Important Role of Water for Plants (Prof. Iwata)
11:00-11:50: Current Students Introduction to University Life and Research (Iwata)
11:50-12:40: Lunch and Discussion - Ask professors and current students questions about university life and research!
12:50-14:10: Improving soil strength using waste (Prof. Kanayama)
14:20-16:40: Hands-on learning about information and communication technology and robotics in agriculture (Prof. Okayasu & Asoc. Prof. Mitsuoka)
16:50-17:00: Closing Ceremony
Kyushu University Press Club - 20250725_Demonstration experiment of remotely controlled all-electric grass-cutting robot conducted at Kyushu University Ito Campus
Following a demonstration experiment conducted at the Kyushu University Faculty of Agriculture Farm in 2024, we will be conducting a remote-controlled demonstration experiment of the improved electric radio-controlled grass-cutting robot "Unimoers model-S" again in 2025 as follows.
Date and Time: Monday, August 4, 2025, 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Kyushu University Ito Campus West Building No. 5 Lecture Room (Room 222, 2nd Floor) and nearby slopes, etc.
For more details, please see the following URL. (The video will be available for one month from today.)
https://archive.iii.kyushu-u.ac.jp/public/LfpiwuhOj4AlPdN3YbfNG-_4fN3auIdp5_871R5OWL_S
Exhibiting at Kyushu Green Food System EXPO / Kyushu Agro-Innovation 2025
We will be exhibiting our research results at the Kyushu Green Food System EXPO/Kyushu Agro Innovation 2025, which will be held at Marine Messe Fukuoka on September 17th and 18th.
The photo is a representation of the exhibit.
Research visit by students from the Department of Information and Computer Science, Sasebo National College of Technology
Professor Muhamad Arifpin Bin Mansor of the Department of Information and Intelligence Engineering at Sasebo National College of Technology and four students visited our laboratory.
About the introduction of our research topic on the Cabinet Office's HP.
The research content of this laboratory was introduced as part of the Cabinet Office's 3rd Integrated Knowledge Utilization Case Study.
https://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/sogochi/jirei_3kai.html
Visit by overseas researcher
Prof. Khwantri Saengprachatanarug, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Thailand, visited our laboratory.
Mini International Seminar on Data-driven Agriculture was held.
The objective of this mini international seminar was to exchange information and engage with participants on topics related to data-driven agriculture, such as sensing and evaluation technologies, AI, robotics, and modeling of plant physiological and ecological phenomena.
This seminar was organized by Laboratory of Agricultural Machinery and Production Systems Design, and co-organized by Bioproduction Environmental Sciences, Research Unit on Data-driven Agriculture, Data-driven Innovation Initiative, Kyushu University
Accepting a short-term international student
Ms. Waraporn SAWANGCHOM from the Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Thailand, joined our lab as an exchange student.
Accepting a short-term international student
Mr. Jing-Xiang Chen, an exchange student from National Sun Yat-sen University (Taiwan), has joined our lab.
The 2025 fiscal year has begun.
We hope to hold the first laboratory seminar of 2025 and start some new research.
About the promotion of Associate Professor Yasumaru Hirai of our laboratory
Associate Professor Yasumaru Hirai of this laboratory has been promoted to professor at Tottori University.
We wish his continued success in the future.
An invited lecture related to our study was delivered at the Agro-Innovation 'Green Food System EXPO 2025.'
"Development of DX Human Resources to Realize Data-Driven Agriculture" was presented in the session "G4: Innovation in Urban Agriculture, Research on Smart Agriculture, and Development of DX Human Resources".
https://agri-food.jma.or.jp/tokyo/lp/ad.php