Agricultural robot that combines AI deep learning-based robot technology and IoT technology

＂Agricultural support robot

Future vision of an aging rural society＂

In order to solve recent problems such as the decline and aging of the agricultural population, research on agricultural robots is aimed at automating and unmanning various agricultural tasks such as weeding, control, transportation, harvesting, monitoring, sowing, grafting, transplanting, and fertilizer and compost spreading. The demand for development continues to increase. In particular, with the recent advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution and its core technologies being introduced into agriculture, it is developing into a new paradigm of smart agriculture based on automation.

Increase farm income and increase agricultural product stability

AG Robotics Co., Ltd. (CEO Cho Kyung-sik) is a company that provides agricultural support robots by combining AI deep learning-based robot technology and IoT technology to solve the difficulties of orchard farming work. CEO Cho Kyung-sik said, “Agricultural support robots are aging. “It is a vision for the future of a rural society.” CEO Cho Kyung-sik grew up helping out at the grape farm run by his father since childhood. He majored in control and measurement in college and worked as a senior researcher at a domestic P company research center. After seeing his father having difficulties operating a farm as he got older, he thought that many farms were experiencing the same difficulties and decided to start a business as a middle-aged person. He was selected for the package and started his own business.

The products of Agero Botics Co., Ltd., which has a professional development team in the field of unmanned systems for the defense industry based on robotics and deep learning technology, are based on high-input, high-yield agriculture based on high-precision sensors, autonomous driving, cloud systems, and 5G technology. It is expected that the limitations can be overcome. In particular, it is expected that switching to optimal farming methods will reduce input resources and increase yields, thereby increasing farmers’ income and increasing the stability of agricultural products, and greatly reducing the environmental burden of agriculture. CEO Cho Kyung-sik said, “The existing agricultural robot-related technology was the robotization of self-driving tractors and combines worth hundreds of millions of won for large-scale farms, but AG Robotics Co., Ltd. is a relatively inexpensive AI-based multipurpose robot worth 10 million won for small and medium-sized farms, which account for the majority in Korea. “We are developing agricultural robots,” he said.

Recognizes the surrounding environment in real time to explore new locations and directions

AG Robotics Co., Ltd. is developing a multi-purpose AI agricultural robot that can be applied to grape and apple farms among the fruit farms that are the target market. The robot moves freely in outdoor orchards and provides disaster prevention through a built-in camera tailored to the height of the crops. It is expected to be used for weeding, transportation, etc. In particular, it is equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) as well as complex navigation sensor fusion technology such as LIDAR, inertial measurement unit (IMU), and stereo camera to derive meaningful interpretation from the vast amount of data input to the multi-sensor. The combination of these sophisticated technologies allows you to recognize your surroundings in real time and explore and identify new locations and directions of movement.

Meanwhile, with the convergence of agriculture and ICT technology, the paradigm shift from traditional agricultural methods to smart agriculture is in full swing, and agriculture is gradually evolving into a high-tech industry. The world’s major smart farm advanced countries are in earnest attempting to incorporate ICT such as the Internet of Things, big data, cloud, robots, and drones into agriculture. Accordingly, AG Robotics Co., Ltd. is also accelerating the development of better agricultural robots through continuous research and development of autonomous driving technology, computer vision, image processing technology, and robotics technology. In addition, based on this, we are continuously conducting research and development to develop robots that can bring innovation to the global agricultural market beyond Korea.

AG Robotics Co., Ltd. CEO Cho Kyung-sik

CEO Cho Kyung-sik said, “AG Robotics Co., Ltd. is a group of engineers with close ties to the agricultural industry and will continue to do our best to develop better agricultural robots,” adding, “Autonomous driving technology will become the future innovation engine of our agriculture.” “As we are looking forward to it, we will continue to improve the control performance and safety of robots and develop them by applying international standards to achieve globalization with self-driving agricultural machinery that is differentiated from advanced countries,” he said. Expectations are rising for the future moves of AG Robotics, which is also pursuing a project to build a crop management system exclusively for fruit farms by combining AI agricultural robots and IoT technology.