Fresh skipjack arrives from the sky!Successful transportation by drone from fishing port in Susami Town, Wakayama Prefecture -IT became more familiar.Soft Bank News

On August 31 and September 1, a drone with bonito from a fishing port in Susami -cho, Wakayama Prefecture, and a demonstration experiment was conducted to deliver it to the roadside station.The experiment was conducted by SoftBank Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "SoftBank") with Ehzlobotics Co., Ltd. with Urrufuru Co., Ltd.How was Susami -cho's specialty product "Susami Kenken bonito" transported from the sky by a drone?

When ordered on a smartphone, a fresh fish just landed from the fishing port arrives with a drone and is covered in a restaurant.

The demonstration experiment was set in a small coastal town located in the southwestern part of Wakayama Prefecture.When a customer orders sashimi from the restaurant of "Roadside Station Susami", a notification will be sent to the tablet of a fishing port official.Place fresh bonito just landed from the fishing port on a drone and transport it to the roadside station.Fresh bonito becomes sashimi and provided to customers at the restaurant.

A drone with about 5 kg of styrolstyl with bonito automatically sails about 3km routes on the coastline set in advance.It sails at a speed of 7m per second and lands at the roadside station at the target point in about 10 minutes.As a mechanism for landing at the target point with an error of about 6.5 cm, the SoftBank high -precision positioning service "ICHIMILL" was used.

準天頂衛星「みちびき」などのGNSS^※1から受信した信号を利用してRTK測位^※2を行うことで、誤差数センチメートルの測位を実現。

Based on the signal received by the SoftBank's proprietary reference point, the correction information is generated in the "Citative Core System", and through SoftBank's mobile network, agricultural machinery, construction machine, automatic driving cars, etc.The correction information will be delivered to the station).By performing RTK positioning by using this correction information and the signal received by the GNSS receiver, high -precision positioning of errors is possible in real time.

ICIMILL is explained in detail in this article.

Eliminate labor shortages with the power of IT.Aim for town development that utilizes state -of -the -art technology

Bonito, which is often eaten raw as sashimi, is important because it deteriorates quickly.In Susami -cho, where labor shortages due to aging are aging, we have begun considering various solutions using IT, such as automation of logistics, and one of them is the transport of fish by this drone.

Susami -cho plans to consider the use of drones by aiming to commercialize the transport of fresh fish by drones, and to use the delivery of support supplies in the event of a disaster, and to deliver drugs to residents in mountainous areas where logistics networks are issued.。

(Publication date: September 9, 2021) Sentence: Soft Bank News Editorial Department