Open AccessStructure Design of Surrounding Tree-climbing and Pruning Robot
Author(s) -
Xi Yang,
Jichen Wang,
Mengxuan Yan,
Shan Fan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2029/1/012052
Subject(s) - climbing , pruning , tree (set theory) , trimming , robot , computer science , mechanism (biology) , variety (cybernetics) , function (biology) , work (physics) , engineering , artificial intelligence , mathematics , mechanical engineering , structural engineering , mathematical analysis , agronomy , philosophy , epistemology , evolutionary biology , biology , operating system
Tree pruning is a very important work in forestry production, which plays an important role in the growth and lumber of trees. In the general environment of automatic production of machinery, the market urgently needs a robot that can realize pruning work to replace a large amount of manual labor and increase the economic benefits of forests. In this paper, a tree-climbing and pruning robot with simple operation and automatic climbing function suitable for trimming a variety of trees is designed. The climbing mechanism of the robot adopts an enveloping wheel climbing structure, and the wheels are installed obliquely to achieve spiral ascent. The pruning mechanism adopts a combination of a mechanical arm and a saw blade, which can change the pruning method according to actual work requirements.