智能化农业装备学报（中英文）2025，Vol.6Issue(2)：24-34,11.DOI:10.12398/j.issn.2096-7217.2025.02.002
蜂蜜自动化采收机器人的设计与试验
Design and experiment of an automated honey-harvesting robot
摘要
Abstract
The conventional honey production is dominated by fragmented,small-scale individual farming models.The traditional approach of honey-harvesting involving manual beehive frames extraction,beeswax layer excision and centrifugal honey separation,expose beekeepers to potential bee stings and frequently compromise honeycomb integrity.To address these limitations,we designed an automated honey-harvesting robot capable of autonomous frame extraction and beeswax removal.The robot mainly consists of a mobile mechanism equipped with image recognition for beehive localization,a magnetic adsorption-based beehive frame handling device(60.8 N maximum suction)coupled with a cross-slide mechanism for precise frame manipulation,and a thermal beeswax layer-melting apparatus,with optimal melting parameters(15 m/s airflow at 90℃for 30 seconds)determined through rigorous thermal flow simulations utilizing FLUENT/Mechanical software.Field experiments demonstrated beehive frames handling success rate exceeding 85%,beeswax layer removal efficacy over 80%and damage of honeycombs below 30%.The experiment results validate the robot's operational reliability and its capacity to automate critical harvesting procedures.This study significantly reduces the labor intensity for beekeepers,effectively eliminates the risk of direct human-bee contact and improves the removal of beeswax layer,thereby catalyzing the modernization of the beekeeping industry.关键词
蜂蜜采收/自动化/蜜蜡层熔化/流—固耦合/参数优化Key words
honey-harvesting/automated/beeswax layer-melting/fluid-structure interaction/parameter optimization分类
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张迪,王春颖,杨明国,孙梓轩,刘平..蜂蜜自动化采收机器人的设计与试验[J].智能化农业装备学报（中英文）,2025,6(2):24-34,11.基金项目
National Natural Science Foundation of China(31700644) （31700644）
Shandong Province Postdoctoral Innovation Project(SDCX-ZG-202400195) （SDCX-ZG-202400195）
