Development of intelligent equipment for protected horticulture in world and enlightenment to China

Intelligent protected horticulture is the advanced production form of digitization, refinement and automation in the whole process of horticultural products seeding and transplanting, cultivation management, environmental controlling, monitoring and early warning, harvesting and inner logistic etc. It is the hotspot of research and development and also the focus of agriculture upgrading both in China and overseas. In order to locate the development path of China and guide the research and development of the intelligent equipment of Chinese protected horticulture, it is necessary to study and analyze the current status and trend of the world's development in this field. Based on the individuals’, enterprises’ and institutes’ main research in intelligent technology and equipment, the status and prospect of theintelligent equipment are analyzed. Intelligent seed production has been preliminarily realized in sowing and transplanting. The development of intelligent crop production in the aspects of plant adjustment, pollination, plant protection and harvest is speeding up. Some intelligent equipment such as leaf cutting and inspection has entered commercialized trial. Intelligent storage logistics has been continuously improved continuously in internal transportation, classification separation, cleaning, packaging and so on. The intelligent seedbed conveying and transportation robot has been widely applied, and research for high-speed sorting and packaging robots are accelerating research and development. It is found that the demand for intelligent equipment in the world protected horticulture is growing rapidly, the direction of research and development is gradually focused, green and safety are concerned more, commercialization of single machine is accelerating, and the systematic integrated intelligent production facilities are beginning to emerge.The research and analysis results have important reference for the scientific and technological strategy and industrial policy formulation, scientific research projectapproval, achievement evaluation, international cooperation and equipment research and development forintelligent protected horticulture in China.