Study on Bionics and Robot Arm for Gripping and Throwing of Factory-Sprouted Rice Seedlings

This paper describes the design of a robot arm for gripping and throwing rice seedlings sprouted in cell-pan at an industrial nursery. Based on the bionics-analysis of hand gripping and throwing of rice seedlings in the field, three kinds of robot arm and two kinds of gripper for rice seedlings were designed. A 416-cell pan used for rice seeds sowing and suitable for robot-arm gripping and throwing of rice seedlings was designed.