The objective of this project is to make rice production fully autonomous.

For cost-effectiveness, the sensors on rice transplanters, combine-harvesters, sprayers, and tractors are shared.

The communication interface and protocols of sensors and actuators are standardized for ease of plug and operation.

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  Autonomous rice transplanter
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  Autonomous combine harvester

• Nagasaka, Y., Taniwaki, K., Otani, R., Shigeta, K., Sasaki, Y., 1999.
  Development of autonomous rice transplanter(part 1)(in Japanese).
  Journal of Japan Society for Agricultural Machinery, 61(6), 179-186
• Nagasaka, Y., 2000.
  GPS guided automated rice transplanter (in Japanese).
  Journal of Japan Society for Design Engineering, 35(8)、291-296
• Nagasaka, Y., Taniwaki, K., Otani, R., Shigeta, K., 2002.
  An automated rice transplanter with RTKGPS and FOG.
  CIGR E-journal 4, 1-8
• Nagasaka, Y., Umeda, N., Kanetai, Y., Taniwaki, K., Sasaki, Y., 2004.
  Autonomous guidance for rice transplanting using global positioning and gyroscopes.
  Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 43 (3), 223-234
• Nagasaka, Y., Kitagawa, H., Mizushima, A., Noguchi, N., Saito, H., Kobayashi, K., 2007.
  Unmanned Rice-Transplanting Operation Using a GPS-Guided Rice Transplanter with Long Mat-Type Hydroponic Seedlings. CIGR E-journal 9, 1-10
• Nagasaka, Y., Saito, H., Kitagawa, Kobayashi, K., Seki, M., Tamaki., K., Taniwaki, K., Miyazaki, M., Tateishi, K., 2008.
  Development of autonomous rice transplanter(part 2)(in Japanese). Journal of Japan Society for Agricultural Machinery, 70(1), 79-84

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