Ya Xiong received his PhD from Norwegian University of Life Sciences in December 2019. He has been working on two projects since 2016, related to agricultural robotics and laboratory automation:
The first project is to design and develop a completely new gripper and a whole system for strawberry picking robots. By far, as the main inventor and contributor, he has already developed three versions of strawberry-harvesting robots including a patent-pending gripper and a patent-pending control algorithm. His work from hardware to software includes gripper design, arm development, vision system development, picking path planning, system integration, control and evaluation. Long-term field tests show that the harvesting robot has significant advantages over other reported solutions. The robot HAS BEEN Reported by NRK (twice), Norwegian Agriculture, etc .. Link Link2 Link3 link4 Link5. His postdoc work focuses on algorithm development for picking strawberries in clusters.
His second project is to develop a sample preparation robot for FTIR spectroscopy. By 2018, he had developed a hands-free low-cost robotic system for high-precision cell disruption using ultrasonication. A machine vision method was proposed for measuring cell disruption level and homogenization quality control. Based on the system, he found that fungal cell disruption by ultrasonication is an exponential decay process. After that, he has developed a new liquid-handling module for sample washing and spotting. A deep learning based machine vision system was deloyed in this module to identify the labware settings, which fully automated the entire process. The ultrasonication robot was then integrated into the liquid-handling module forming a complete robotic system for FTIR sample preparation.
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Publikasjoner
Journal Publications
- 1. Xiong, Y., Ge, Y., & From, P. J. (2021). An Improved Obstacle Separation Method Using Deep Learning for Object Detection and Tracking in a Hybrid Visual Control Loop for Fruit Picking in Clusters. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 191, 106508. link
- 2. Ge, Y., Xiong, Y., & From, P. J. (2020). Symmetry-based 3D shape completion for fruit localisation for harvesting robots. Biosystems Engineering, 197, 188-202. link
- 3. Xiong, Y., Ge, Y., & From, P. J. (2020). An obstacle separation method for robotic picking of fruits in clusters. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 175, 105397. link
- 4. Ge, Y., Xiong, Y., Tenorio, G. and From, P.J., (2019). Fruit localization and environment perception for strawberry harvesting robots. IEEE ACCESS, 7, pp. 147642-147652. link
- 5. Xiong, Y., Shapaval, V., Kohler, A., Li J. and From, P.J., (2019). A Fully Automated Robot for the Preparation of Fungal Samples for FTIR Spectroscopy Using Deep Learning. IEEE ACCESS, 7, pp.132763-132774. link
- 6. Xiong, Y. , Ge, Y., Grimstad, L., & From, P. J. (2019). An autonomous strawberry-harvesting robot: Design, development, integration, and field evaluation . Journal of Field Robotics, 1-23. link
- 7. Xiong, Y. , Shapaval, V., Kohler, A., & From, P. J. (2019). A Laboratory-Built Fully Automated Ultrasonication Robot for Filamentous Fungi Homogenization. SLAS TECHNOLOGY: Translating Life Sciences Innovation, 24(6), 583–595. link
- 8. Xiong, Y. , Peng, C., Grimstad, L., From, P.J., & Isler, V. (2019). Development and field evaluation of a strawberry harvesting robot with a cable-driven gripper . Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 157, 392-402. link
- 9. Xiong, Y. , Ge, Y., Liang, Y., & Blackmore, S. (2017). Development of a prototype robot and fast path planning algorithm for static laser feeding. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture , 142 , 494-503. link
- 10. Xiong, Y. , Li, HT, Chen, L.J., Zhang, S.Y., Wei, W.J., and Han, L.J. 2016. Knots Mechanism Analysis and Modification of Knots. Transactions of the Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery. link
- 11. Li, HT, Xiong, Y. , Chen, L.J., Zhang, S.Y., Li, X., and Han, L.J. 2015. Wear Research and Improved Design of the D-Knots Wiper Mechanism. Transactions of the Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery, 42 (3), pp. 118-124. link
- 12. Xiong, Y. , Li, HT, Zhang, SY, Chen, L.J., Li, X., and Han, L.J. 2015. Motion Laws and Design Basis of the Knotter Wiper Mechanism. Journal of Agricultural Mechanization Research, 37 (7), pp.113-118. link
Conference Papers
- 1. Y. Ge, Y. Xiong and P. J. From, "Classification of pickable and unpickable strawberries under farm conditions," 2020 IEEE 16th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Hong Kong, China, 2020, pp. 961-966. link
- 2. Y. Xiong, Y. Ge and P. J. From, "Push and Drag: An Active Obstacle Separation Method for Fruit Harvesting Robots," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Paris, France, 2020, pp. 4957-4962. link
- 3. Ge, Y., Xiong, Y. , and From, P.J., (2019). Instance Segmentation and Localization of Strawberries in Farm Conditions for Automatic Fruit Harvesting. IFAC-PapersOnLine , 52 (30), pp. 294-299. link
- 4. Xiong, Y., From, P.J. and Isler, V., 2018. Design and evaluation of a novel cable-driven gripper with perception capabilities for strawberry picking robots. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) , Brisbane, Australia. link
Patents
- 1. Xiong Y. , Ge Y., and From P.J.. Method for controlling a robotic harvesting device. PCT patent: PCT/EP2020/071164. Pending. link
- 2. Xiong Y. , From P.J.. Picking fruit device. PCT Patent: GB1802335.8, US20200396900A1, EP3751980A1 and PCT/EP2019/053598. Pending. link, link2
- 3. Li, HT, Xiong, Y. , Wei, WJ, Zhang, SY, Tian, GP, and Wang, XC Handheld barking machine. Chinese Patent: ZL201310094988.8. Granted in July 2014. Link
- 4. Tan, Y., Xiong, Y. , Shi, HF, and Shi, KS Clothes folding machine. Chinese Patent: ZL201210147601.6. Granted in June 2014. Link
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Forskning & prosjekt
Prosjekter
The SHAPE project will develop a fully autonomous harvester for strawberry production in polytunnels and open fields.
Forskningsområder
Tema:
- Teknologi
Spesialområder:
- Agricultural Robotics