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Designing and Developing an Automatic Robot System for the Itemized Loading of Apple Boxes at the Agriculture Products Processing Center

거점산지유통센터의 사과박스 구분적재 자동화 로봇 시스템 설계 및 구현

  • 김명식 ((주)네오포스 솔루션개발팀) ;
  • 김규익 ((주)네오포스 솔루션개발팀) ;
  • 류근호 (충북대학교 전자정보대학 소프트웨어학과)
  • Received : 2015.05.04
  • Accepted : 2015.09.07
  • Published : 2015.11.15

Abstract

Currently, the itemized box loading operation at the Agriculture Products Processing Center which distributes agricultural products for the region is carried out manually. The process of loading agricultural products requires great manpower and had been resolved through the part-time employment of the residents of farm villages. However, recently it has become quite difficult to secure manpower as the aging within the rural community has been intensified. Hence, the necessity for countermeasures such as facility automation or use of robots have become necessary. This study suggests an automatic robot system for the itemized loading of apple boxes at the Agriculture Products Processing Center. The suggested method is to design and develop equipment such as a conveyer, robot, and bar code reader. In addition, a sorting plan, operational control, generation of control information, and software module that could monitor the inside of the Agriculture Products Processing Center is needed. After test-operating and evaluating the developed system, the existing manual work would be replaced with the automated robot system in order to enhance work efficiency and resolve safety issues.

현재 농산물 물류를 담당하는 거점산지유통센터에서의 박스구분적재 작업은 대부분 수작업으로 이루어지고 있다. 농산물의 적재과정은 많은 노동력을 필요로 하며 이러한 작업은 농촌에 거주하고 있는 사람들을 시간제 고용으로 해결하였으나, 최근 농촌 고령화가 심각하게 진행되면서 노동력 확보에 어려움이 따르며 시설 자동화나 로봇이용 등 대책이 강구되고 있는 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 사과박스 구분적재 자동화를 위한 로봇 시스템을 제안한다. 제안방법은 거점산지유통센터에 컨베이어, 로봇, 바코드리더기 등의 장비와 소팅플랜, 작업통제, 제어정보생성, 모니터링의 소프트웨어 모듈을 설계하고 구현한다. 구현된 시스템을 운영 시험 및 평가를 통하여 자동화된 로봇 시스템이 기존의 수작업을 대체하여 작업효율성 향상과 안전성 문제 해결을 확인한다.

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