Agricultural Mechanization

Promotion Group （IAＭ－BRAIN）

Institute of Agricultural Machinery (IAM) URL：http://brain.naro.affrc.go.jp/iam/

Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution(BRAIN)

Incorporated Administrative Agency

National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)

Institute of Agricultural Machinery (IAM)

Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution (BRAIN)

Incorporated Administrative Agency

National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)

Headquarters

Experimental Farm

1-40-2 Nisshin-cho, Kita-ku, Saitama-city,

SAITAMA, 331-8537 JAPAN

Fax: +81-048-654-7129

1389 Sakai, Konosu-city, SAITAMA,

365-0013 JAPAN

Printed with Vegetable oil ink.

May 2014third impression of the first edition

＠IAM-BRAIN ／ NARO

Other activities

History of IAM-BRAIN

Outl ine of Activit ies

IntroductionAgr icu ltura l Mechanizat ion Promot ion Group of BRAIN

is known by the name of Inst i tute of Agr icu ltura l

Machinery　(IAM).

● Oct. 1962 Institute of Agricultural Machinery (IAM) was founded as a semi-governmental corporation specializing research and development as well as testing of farm machinery for promotion of agricultural mechanization in Japan.

● Oct. 1986 Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution (BRAIN) was founded as a legally approved corporation, inheriting the whole properties and activities of former IAM. The objective of BRAIN is to conduct research, development and testing on agricultural machinery, and newly to promote research and development on biosciences and bio-technology in the field of agriculture, which is not only conducted by IAM-BRAIN itself, but also by private sectors.

● Oct. 2003 IAM-BRAIN united itself with an incorporated administrative agency, The National Agriculture and Bio-oriented Research Organization (NARO).

● Apr.2006 Reorganized as IAM-BRAIN, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO).

IAM-BRAIN conducts its main assigned

roles in the field of research, develop-

ment and testing of agricultural machin-

ery as a sole and competent organiza-

tion in our country. The activities of

IAM-BRAIN are currently focused on

the followings:

Urgent Research & Development of Agricultural Machinery

Research and development of agri-cultural machinery for renovation of farm management such as epochal elimination or reduction of labor, a high advancement of production manage-ment, an effective utilization of natural resources and so on under close cooperation with different stake-holders such as manufacturers, end users, research institutions including those of different fields

Survey on agricultural mecha-nization, collection and provi-sion of technical information, technical training, international cooperation, opening of subject library, display of old and new agricultural machinery etc. are also a part of our activities.

Research & Development of Agricultural Machinery

Publication and ServiceTesting and Evaluation

Fundamental and initiative

research and development of

agricultural machinery, putting

stress on performance, safety,

durability etc. to realize the high

productivity agriculture

Publicity service on research, development and testing results, technical advice to manufacturers and other pri-vate as well as public sectors, permission of using patents to industries, contracted research/investigations and others

Testing and evaluation of agri-cultural machinery based upon the requests of manufacturer or importer on aspects such as performance, safety, envi-ronmental effects etc, in order to help spreading high quality agricultural machinery

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OrganizationGene ra l Af fa i r s De pa r tment

Planning Department

Fundamental Techno logy Dept.

Research Coord inator

Vice Director

Crop Production Machinery and System Dept.

Horticu ltural Engineering Dept.

Animal Industry Engineering Dept.

Test i ng and Eva l uat i on Dept .

Specific Project Research Team ( on Energy)

Specific Project Research Team ( on Robot)

Specific Project Research Team ( on Safety )

● General Affairs Division

● Accounts and Supplies Division

● 2 nd Planning Division

● Machinery Information Division

● Experimental Farm

● Agricultural Automation Laboratory

● Biotechnology Engineering Laboratory

● Cost Engineering Laboratory

● Ergonomics Laboratory　

● Rural Resources Management Laboratory

● Soil Management Machinery Laboratory

● Paddy Field Mechanization System Laboratory

● Planting System Laboratory

● Crop Tending Machinery Laboratory

● Harvesting System Laboratory

● Drying and Processing Equipment Laboratory

● Orchard Machinery Laboratory

● Pre-harvest Technology Laboratory

● Vegetable Harvest Technology Laboratory

● Protected Cultivation Engineering Laboratory

● Post-harvest Technology Laboratory

● Workshop

● Forage Crop Producing Machinery Laboratory

● Livestock Management Machinery Laboratory

● Raising and Environmental Machinery Laboratory

● Large Tractor Testing Division

● Small Tractor Testing Division

●Transplanter, Sprayer and Harvester Testing Division

● Grain Harvester Testing Division

● ROPS Testing Division

Director General

Auditor

President

Senior Vice-President

Vice President

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●Org

anization

This department takes charge of fundamental as well as initiative research and　development being common to the whole agricultural machinery.

This department takes charge of research and development on paddy field as well as dry filed crop machinery to increase the yield and work efficiency.

This department takes charge of research and development on horticultural machinery and equipment.

This department takes charge of research and development on animal industry machinery and equipment.

This team conducts special research activities on the energy-related agricultural machinery.

This team conducts special research activities on the robotic technology applicable to agricultural machinery.

This team conducts special research activities and provides information, on the agricultural machinery and

farm work safety.

Th i s department takes charge of the National Test, Safety Test, OECD Test, IAM Test(Group1 and 2), together with research on testing procedure and apparatus.

Fundamental Technology Department

Research Activities

This department takes charge of fundamental as well as initiative research and development being common to the whole agricultural machinery.

Agricultural Automation Laboratory

Agricultural Automation Laboratory

Ergonomics Laboratory Rural Resources Management Laboratory

Biotechnology Engineering Laboratory Cost Engineering Laboratory

Sensing Technology, Automation Technology, Agricultural Robot

Unmanned Seeding Operation

by Tilling Robot

Robot tractor executing unmanned operations such as til lage, soil puddling and seeding.

Steering-Assist System for

Agricultural Vehicle

This is a hands-free system for operation, capable of traveling along crop rows, ridges and borders in fields, or toward a lamp putted in the direction.(Under development)

Operation Navigator

“Farm Vehicle Navigator” useful for wide implement operation and variable rate fertil izer application for precision farming

Biotechnology Engineering LaboratoryMeasurement of Plant Growth Response, Mass Production of Seedling, Biotechnology-related Equipment

Full-Automated Grafting

Robot for Cucurbits

A machine that processes automatically not only grafting work but feeding of seedlings

Grafting Robot for

Cucurbits

A machine that can graft cucurbits automatically. (Commercialized)

Aligning Seeder for Big

and Elliptical Seeds

A seeder capable of arranging the direction of seed, which is big and flat such as pumpkin. The bottom right of the picture is state after seeding　(Commercialized)

Grafted seedling▶

03 Fundamental Technology Department

Fundamental Technology D

epartment

●Agricultural A

utom

ation Lab

orato

ry

　●B

iote

chnolo

gy E

ngine

ering

Laborato

ry

Ergonomics Laboratory Safety and Comfort of Farm Work

Low Vibration

Bush Cutter

The bush cutter with 30-40 % lower hand-transmitted vibration was developed for the purpose of preventing vibration disorders.(Commercialized)

Universal Design

Guidance for

Agricultural Machinery

The universal design guidance for agricultural machinery was developed based on the research on the usability for farmers including elder and women.

Cost Engineering Laboratory Life Cycle Costing、Materials Expense Reduction and Recycling Technology

Recovery of Core Metal in Scrapped Rubber Tracklayer

Easy and inexpensive recycling technology aiming at the promotion of effective utilization of iron resources

Guillotine shearing

（for tractor）

（for crop tending vehicle）

Separation

Rural Resources Management Laboratory

Application of Unutilized Resources, Energy Saving, Environmental Protection

Soil Crusher-sieve

A machine that crushes and sieves the dried sample soil for soil analysis (Commercialized)

Operational Condition

Indicator of Tractor for

Energy Saving

An apparatus that indicates fuel saving operational condition of a tractor

Disk-type

Cultivator-Ridger

A disk-type cultivator-ridger that suits to wet soil.　(Commercialized)

Rubber

Core metal

Fundamental Technology D

epartment

●Cost E

ngine

ering

Laborato

ry

　●E

rgono

mics Lab

orato

ry

　●R

ural Reso

urces M

anagem

ent Lab

orato

ry

04Fundamental Technology Department

Crop Production Machinery and System Department

Research Activities

Th i s depa r tment　wor ks fo r research and deve lopment on paddy field as well as dry field crop machinery to increase the yield and work efficiency.

Soil Management Machinery Laboratory

Planting System Laboratory

Paddy Field Mechanization System Laboratory

Soil Management Machinery Laboratory

Crop Tending Machinery Laboratory Harvesting System Laboratory Drying and Processing Equipment Laboratory

Paddy Field Mechanization System Laboratory Planting System Laboratory

Planting, Seedling Raising, Transplanting

Direct Seeding, Fertilizer Application，Material Handling

Agricultural Vehicle, Tillage, Fertilizer Application and Seeding

Characteristics Test of Rice

Seedling Mat

Survey of different seedling mats on adaptability for transplanter using pick up device for testing

High Accuracy Direct Seeder for Rice on Wet Field

This seeder is developed to improve the germination rate by covering the seeds with stable thickness of soil. It can be mounted on riding type rice transplanters and paddy-management-vehicles. (Commercialized)

High-speed Rotary Cultivator

This rotary cultivator is capable of cultivating at higher speed, and with better working precision level than a conventional machine. (Commercialized)

Planting Rate Control

System for Rice

Transplanter

It transplants seedling evenly without missing and reduces total seedling mat requirement. (Under development)

Variable Rate

Fertilizer Applicator

The feeding rate of fertil izer can be precisely and easily adjusted during operations responding to the growing crop growth and soil fertilities. (Commercialized)

High-speed Puddling Rotary

This puddling rotary is capable of puddling at higher speed or by fewer number of puddling, and better working precision than a conventional machine. (Commercialized)

Ultra Lightweight

Rice Transplanter

Handling of this machine in small scale paddy field is easy, and can be transported by hand. (Under development)

Precision Fertilizer Spreader

The metering device of this fertil izer spreader is controlled by using a new index value called “FR index” that indicates the physical property of fertil izers. The feeding rate of fertil izer is also adjusted in accordance with traveling speed of the spreader measured by a GPS receivers. (Under development)

Handy-type Crop Growth

Measuring Device

This measuring device is capable of estimating foliage nitrogen content of paddy rice, on which it can exactly calculate an appropriate amount of topdressing at panicle formation stage. (Commercialized)

05 Crop Production Machinery and System Department

Crop Production Machinery and System Department

●Soil M

anagem

ent M

achinery Lab

orato

ry

　●P

addy F

ield

Mechanizatio

n Syste

m Lab

orato

ry

　●P

lanting S

ystem

Laborato

ry

Pest Control, Weed Control, Crop Tending

Drying and Processing Equipment Laboratory

Harvesting System Laboratory

Crop Tending Machinery Laboratory

Drying, Processing, Storage, Quality

Harvesting, Threshing, Separating

Recirculating

Batch Grain Dryer using

Far Infrared Radiation

This type of dryer uses thermal energy which arises by heating of the FIR body, together with exhaust heat from coming out it, and has been rapidly spread now from viewpoint of energy saving and palatability performance. (Commercialized)

Grain Protein

Sensor using Near

Infrared Reflectance

Spectroscopy

This sensor can measure protein contents of grain even in high moisture content or rough rice. Moreover it can be portable. (Under development)

Rice Seed Disinfection System

using Super Heated Steam

This device can be high performance disinfection system applying Super Heated Steam. (Under development)

Practical Application Project for a Precision Rice

Production System in JapanThis project is introducing all the devices developed in IAM-BRAIN for paddy crop measurement, fertil izer application, processing and so on, and thereby is aiming at establishment of a new farming system in which higher quality, higher profitability, and environmental friendliness can be realized.

Multi-crop Combine Harvester

This combine harvester is applicable for various crops such as rice, wheat, soybean, etc. by introducing screw threshing mechanism. (Commercialized)

Yield Monitoring Combine

This combine harvester can measure crop data such as grain mass, moisture content, and yield while harvesting. (Commercialized)

Head-feeding Combine for Hilly and Mountainous Area

This small-scale combine harvester can work on a garden terrace paddy field in mountain areas. (Commercialized)

Walking-type Ridge Mower

The mower can weed both top and slope surface of a ridge simultaneously and stably. Its mowing width of top surface is 30 cm and that of slope surface is adjustable from 30 to 70 cm. (Commercialized)

Boom Sprayer Nozzle for Reduction of

Pesticide Spray Drift

Pesticide spray drift of the developed nozzle is much less than that of Japanese conventional nozzles. (Commercialized)

◀Conventional nozzle

Drift reduction▶type nozzle(air injection type）

Riding-type Mechanical Weeder for Paddy Field

It has the weeding devices of inter-row and intra-row space of paddy field and it can weed precisely and efficiently. (Commercialized)

Low volume Sprayer mounted on Paddy-Management-Vehicle

The sprayer is capable of low volume application (the application rate is 250 L/ha) precisely and efficiently.

Crop Production Machinery and System Department

●Cro

p T

end

ing M

achinery Lab

orato

ry

　●H

arvesting

Syste

m Lab

orato

ry

　●D

rying and

Pro

cessing

Equip

ment Lab

orato

ry

06Crop Production Machinery and System Department

Top dressing planning according crop-growth infomation

Drying,processing facility

Harvesting infomation by Yield Conbine

Prediction of appropreate havest time

Basal appllication by VRA

Top Dressing by VRA ※

Infomation Center(GIS, Database)

Fertilizer planning based on various crop infomation previous crop year and classified soik ferility

Effective drying based ondifferent initial moisure content havested grain

Drying processing and shipment besed on grain protein content predicted by field data

Crop-Growth infomation

Crop-Growth infomation

Horticultural Engineering Department

Research Activities

Th is department takes charge of research and deve lopment on hort icu ltura l mach inery and equipment.

Orchard Machinery Laboratory

Pre-harvest Technology Laboratory

Protected Cultivation Engineering Laboratory

Vegetable Harvest Technology Laboratory

Post-harvest Technology Laboratory

Pre-harvest Technology Laboratory

Protected Cultivation Engineering Laboratory

Seeding, Transplanting, Crop Tending, Pest Control

Protected Cultivation for Vegetables and Flowers

Clod and Stone

Separator

The separator removes clods and stones from the sowing beds before potato planting．It is developed to form a soil conditioning system for potato production in Japan.(Under development)

Movable Bench System for High-density Cultivation of Strawberry

Planting density of the developed system is about twice as high as conventional cultivation. (Under development)

High Accuracy

Seeder for Sugar

Beet

The seeder can sow sugar beet with h igh accuracy up to operating speed of 1.5m/s and simultaneously creates sowing beds that shelter young seedl ings from strong wind.(Under development)

Mobile elevating work platform with a high vertical and horizontal mobility

Growers can work safely and comfortably at a high position by using this highly mobile platform. (Under development)

Orchard Machinery Laboratory Fruit Tree, Tea Plant

Multipurpose Monorail for

Hillside Orchard

The multipurpose monorail consists of the main monorail of hill slope direction and the sub monorail of contour direction. By using the multipurpose monorail, farmer can reduce labor and work effectively to carry harvested fruit, spray chemical, and apply fertil izer. (Commercialized)

▼Movable Benches

Planting Machine for

Chrysanthemum Cuttings

This machine assists the cutting supply task of an operator to plant accurately into plug trays.(Commercialized)

07 Horticultural Engineering Department

Horticultural Engineering D

epartment

●Orchard

Machine

ry Laborato

ry

　●P

re-harv

est T

echno

logy Lab

orato

ry

　●P

rote

cted C

ultivatio

n Eng

ineering

Laborato

ry

Vegetable Harvest Technology Laboratory Harvest, Transport

Post-harvest Technology Laboratory Vegetable Trimming, Quality Evaluation and Storage System

Welsh Onion Trimmer

This machine can cut the root, peel and leaves of welsh onion automatically. (Commercialized)

Welsh Onion Harvester

This machine can dig, convey and hold welsh onions grown on a ridged fields. (Commercialized)

Small-size Sugarcane Harvester with High Chopping Performance

This machine can harvest sugarcane for biofuels with high efficiency. (Under development)

Cabbage Harvester

This machine can draw a cabbage out of the ridge, cut off external leaves as well as a stem, and convey the head of a cabbage alone. (Commercialized)

Automatic Follow-type Transport Vehicle

This machine can follow a vegetable harvester automatically and transport the harvests. (Commercialized)

Automatic Strawberry Packer

This machine can automatically place some strawberries on the special tray and cover it by lid.(Under development)

Automatic Cabbage Packer

This machine can automatically pack some cabbages up into a cardboard box at the packing house.(Under development)

08Horticultural Engineering Department

Horticultural Engineering D

epartment

●Vegetab

le H

arvest T

echno

logy Lab

orato

ry

　●P

ost-harv

est T

echno

logy Lab

orato

ry

Research Activities

Forage Crop Producing Machinery Laboratory Livestock Management Machinery Laboratory Raising and Environmental Machinery Laboratory

Livestock Management Machinery Laboratory

Milking of Cows, Feeding and Individual management of Livestock

Milking Unit Carrier System

The automatic carriers combined with pairs of milking units make a drastic reduction of labor force. (Commercialized)

Automation of Milking in

Stall Barn

Precise monitoring of

individual livestock and

security of food safety by

using IT/Robot Technology

Hygiene Management for

High Quality Milk

09 Animal Industry Engineering Department

Animal industry Engineering Departm

ent

●Livesto

ck Manag

em

ent M

achinery Lab

orato

ry

Idea of Individual

Cow Monitoring

System

(Commercialized)

Teat Cleaning Device

Automatic cleaning/disinfection of teat surface before milking (Commercialized)

Animal industry Engineering Department

This department takes charge of

research and development on animal

industry machinery and equipment.

Milking Unit Carrier System

Individual Feeder

Dairy Data Base

On-site monitoring

Cow ID System Stall ID Detector

Milk Sensor

Mastitis Alam

High-Precision Milk Meter

PDA ※

Traceability

Feed volume control

Forage Crop Producing Machinery Laboratory

Raising and Environmental Machinery Laboratory

Forage Crop Production, Grass Land Management

Animal Waste Treatment/Utilization, Environment Pollution Control

Self-propelled Harvesting Roll Baler

This machine is available for various forage crops by changing the attachments. (Commercialized)

Screw Press Type Soil-liquid

Separator

Rock Wool-type Deodorization Facility

for Cold Climate

Bale Wrapper

This bale wrapper is applicable to a roll bale which is formed by the roll baler of the left two photographs for chopped materials. (Commercialized)

Offensive Odor Control

Multi-Crop and Self-propelled Harvesting Roll Baler

Labor Saving Production of High Qualzqity Corn/Maize Silage

Easy Treatment of High-moisture Animal Waste

（Equipped with forage paddy attachment）

（Rod Link Chain Type）

（Equipped with maize attachment）

（Roller Type）

（Equipped with grass attachment）

Roll Baler for chopped materials

This baler can form corn/maize, which was chopped by a forage harvester, into high density roll bale. (Commercialized)

Animal industry Engineering Departm

ent

●Forag

e C

rop P

roducing

Machine

ry Laborato

ry

　●R

aising and

Env

ironm

ental M

achinery Lab

orato

ry

10Animal Industry Engineering Department

This low cost device separates animal waste into cake (75% and under of moisture content) and liquid content. (Commercialized)

This facility decomposes of and removes odors generated from composting facilities at high concentration by microbiological actions.（Commercialized）

Screw

Screen

Manure slurry

Separated Iiquid

Deodorized air Rock wool deodorizing material

Offensive odor gas

Dewateredcake

Testing and Evaluation Department

Tests and Appraisal Activities

This department takes charge of the

National Test, Safety Test, OECD

Test, IAM Test (Groupe1and 2),

together with research on testing

procedure and apparatus.Large Tractor Testing Division

Transplanter, Sprayer and Harvester Testing Division Grain Harvester Testing Division

Small Tractor Testing Division

ROPS Testing Division

ROPS Testing Division

Small Tractor Testing Division

Large Tractor Testing Division

Roll-over Protective Structure, Brush Cutter, etc.

Small Tractor, Farm Transport Vehicle, etc.

Large Tractor, Farm Vehicle, etc.

Static Strength

Test of Roll-

over Protective

Structure

Zone of clearance for protecting the operator in the case of tractor’s overturning accidentshall be checked.

Exhaust Gas

Emission Test

Amount of NOx, Particulate Matter（PM), etc. in exhaust gas from diesel engines shall be measured.

Tractor Power

Take Off (PTO)

Performance Test

Available power, torque, etc. of PTO shaft for driving implements shall be measured.

Safety Test of

Brush Cutter

(Cutting

Attachment

Impact Test)

A fixed steel bar shall be impacted by the rotating cutting attachment.

Safety Test

of Monorail

Transporter

Safety equipment, brake performance, etc. shall be investigated.

Tractor Drawbar

Performance Test

Available power, force, etc. for drawing implements shall be measured.

1 1 Testing and Evaluation Department

●Large T

ractor T

esting

Div

ision

　●S

mall T

ractor T

esting

Div

ision

　●R

OPS T

esting

Div

ision

Testing and Evaluation Departm

ent

Grain Harvester Testing Division Harvester and Post-harvest Machinery for Rice, Wheat and Bean

Field Performance Test of

Head Feeding Type Combine

Harvester

Quality of work such as harvest loss shall be measured by sampling the materials at all outlets.

Durability Test of Combine

Harvester

The durability of major parts shall be evaluated through a harvesting operation of a specific area.

Specification Check of Head

Feeding Type Combine

Harvester

Specifications such as equipment, dimensions, structure and material of major parts shall be measured and/or checked.

Transplanter, Sprayer, Harvester, etc.

Field Performance Test

of Rice Transplanter

Accuracy of transplanting, efficiency of operating, etc. shall be measured.

Wind Speed

Distribution Test of Air

Blast Sprayer

Wind speed distribution blown off at air outlet shall be measured.

Required Power Test

of Potato Harvester

Required power of PTO shaft for harvesting, power for drawing harvester, etc. shall be measured.

Transplanter, Sprayer and Harvester Testing Division

Kind of Test Targeted machinery Major test items

National Test

Agricultural Tractor (riding type), Rice transplanter (riding type), Vegetable transplanter, Power Sprayer (boom type), Air-blast sprayer, Combine harvester (head feeding type), Combine harvester (conventional type), Potato harvester, Sugar beet harvester

Performance (including exhaust gas level), durability, ease of operation, safety equipments

Roll-over Protective Structure (ROPS) for agricultural tractor (riding type) Strength, ease of operation

Safety Test Most agricultural machinery Safety equipment, ease of operation

OECD Test

Agricultural tractor (riding type) Performance, noise level

ROPS for agricultural tractor (riding type) Strength

IAM Test (group1)

Soybean thresher, Soybean grader, Head feeding type combine harvester for seed crop, Oil heater for green house, Low volume sprayer for green house, Driving- disk type plow, Trencher, Manure spreader, Side row fertilizer applicator attachment for rice transplanter

Performance, ease of operation, safety equipment

IAM Test(group2)

Most agricultural machinery and their parts. Test under code(s) of respective country(ies) and areas. English test report is available.

Decide based on the request of applicant upon agreement with IAM-BRAIN

Functional Check for road travelling agricultural motor vehicle

Agricultural tractor, Rice transplanter, Air-blast sprayer, Combine harvesterFunctions required by an official notice by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries　

Outline of Testing and Appraisal Activities

●Transp

lanter, S

praye

r and H

arveste

r Testing

Div

ision

　●G

rain Harv

este

r Testing

Div

ision

Testing and Evaluation Departm

ent

Testing and Evaluation Department 12

Specific Project Research Team

Research Activities

Specific Project Research Teams

are engaged in urgently needed

special research calling for

immediate solution, and on effective

accumulation of future research

seeds for R & D of agricultural

machinery.

Specific Project Research Team (on Energy) Specific Project Research Team (on Robot)

Specific Project Research Team (on Safety)

Specific Project Research Team (on Energy)

This team conducts a special research activities on the energy-related agricultural machinery.

Processing/Drying/Collecting/Storage

System of Rice Straw

Research on processing/drying/collecting/storage system of rice straw as raw materials for bioethanol fuels

Application of Biodiesel

Fuels to Tractors

Investigation of the influence on application of biodiesel fuels to tractors such as its engine power, emission gas, oil and filters.

Agricultural Vehicle

Robot

Develpment of an auto-steering　device，a navigation sennsor,　communication control　interfaces　and　software, which can be used commonly for agricultural vehicle robots

Wearable assist device

for farm worker

Development of a wearable device that reduces the physical strain of farm worker in a fixed posture over a prolonged time

Specific Project Research Team (on Robot)

This team conducts special research activities on the robotic technology applicable to agricultural machinery.

Harvesting Robot for Strawberry

The harvesting robot currently under development for strawberry, which harvests a red fruit automatically while judging its maturity.

13 Specific Project Research Team

Sp

ecific Project R

esearch

Tea

m

●Specific P

roje

ct Rese

arch Team

( on E

nerg

y)

　●S

pecific P

roje

ct Rese

arch Team

( on R

obot)

Research on safety of agricultural machinery

Collection and analysis of data which are needed for revising “Safety Test” standards, to help the improvement on safety of agricultural machinery

Development of safety-supporting techniques

on farm work

“Agricultural machinery safety e-leaning system”, by which people can learn various knowledge on safe use of agricultural machinery through Internet (in Japanese)

Specific Project Research Team (on Safety)

This team conducts special research activities and provides information/data, on the agricultural machinery and farm work safety.

Provision of information/data on farm safety

Collection and supply of various information/data on agricultural machinery and farm work safety on our Web site (in Japanese)

Specific Project Research Team

Sp

ecific Project R

esearch

Tea

m

●Specific P

roje

ct Rese

arch Team

( on S

afety )

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正門Main Gate

本 館

通用門

Main Office

Planning Department

Experimental Farm

Workshop

This department takes charge of planning and administration

of research as well as testing activities, manages intellectual

property rights, also offers our technical fruits information to

public.

Fields and crops for research and test

activities are provided.

Experimental or prototype machinery

and measuring apparatus are made,

modified or repaired.　

Facility Guide

Area : 184,797㎡

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大宮西警察署

自衛隊入口バス停

大宮駅西口

バス停

新大宮バイパス

ヨークマート

ニトリ

三橋総合

公園

東北本線

高崎線

東北・上越新幹線

京浜東北線

新幹線・埼京線

至東京 至浦和

至宇都宮

至鴻巣至宇都宮・高崎

至高崎

大宮西警察署前

大成３丁目

三橋 (６)

三橋 (５)

桜木町

IAM-BRAIN

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Area Map of Experimental Farm and Traffic Guide

Area Map of IAM-BRAIN and Traffic Guide

1389 Sakai, Konosu-city, SAITAMA, 365-0013 JAPAN

1-40-2 Nisshin-cho, Kita-ku, Saitama-city,

SAITAMA, 331-8537 JAPAN

Exit JR Omiya station at the West Exit. Take the “Tobu” Bus for “Sanshin-jidosha” or “Cityheights Mihashi” at the No.6, or No. 7 bus stop. Get off the bus at “Jieitai-iriguchi” after approximately 10 minutes riding. The place surrounded by trees, to the direction of bus route, is the campus of IAM-BRAN. Taxi is also available, say “Seiken-center” or “Jeitai-mae Seiken-center” to the taxi driver.

Traffic Guide to IAM-BRAIN

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◆ Cooperation & Information

◆ You shall always be welcome to visit our Institute, please contact us in advance.

E-mai l :www-brain@naro.affrc.go. jpFax: +81-048-654-7130

１. Research Cooperation １) Make joint research

２) Contracted research or investigation

３) Entrust of research and survey to outside

４) Collaborated research by agreement

２. Technical Transfer １) Technical advice to industries

２) Permission of using patents to industries

３) Provide various technical trainings

４)Technical consultation

３. Dispatch and Acceptance of Researchers １) Dispatch to an official trip by request

２) Acceptance of students and trainees

３) Acceptance of researchers

４) Undertake a member of committee by request

４. Information and Communication １) Open Show Room (latest machinery) and Museum (historical machinery) to the public

２) Open the Library to the public

３) Publication of research papers, technical reports, annual reports and others

４) Holding the national meeting of official researchers of agricultural mechanization, research report meetings and others

５. Freedom of Information We receive any application to request the indication of our documents, charts and electronic records.

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Agricultural Mechanization

Promotion Group （IAＭ－BRAIN）

Institute of Agricultural Machinery (IAM) URL：http://brain.naro.affrc.go.jp/iam/

Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution(BRAIN)

Incorporated Administrative Agency

National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)

Institute of Agricultural Machinery (IAM)

Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution (BRAIN)

Incorporated Administrative Agency

National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)

Headquarters

Experimental Farm

1-40-2 Nisshin-cho, Kita-ku, Saitama-city,

SAITAMA, 331-8537 JAPAN

Fax: +81-048-654-7129

1389 Sakai, Konosu-city, SAITAMA,

365-0013 JAPAN

Printed with Vegetable oil ink.

May 2014third impression of the first edition

＠IAM-BRAIN ／ NARO