In order to improve the efficiency of the fishing industry, where labor shortages are an issue, the first demonstration experiment is being conducted in Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture, to automatically sort landed fish using a device equipped with AI = artificial intelligence. I will.
This experiment was commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to the Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Center, etc., and has been conducted for the first time since last fall, and was released at Hachinohe Port on the 14th.
In the experiment, we use a device equipped with AI = artificial intelligence and a camera to automatically sort multiple landed fish by type.
AI is trained to learn data such as shape and color for each type of fish, and the fish carried one by one on the conveyor belt are photographed with a camera and collated with the data for discrimination.
In the experiment, after the mackerel, mackerel, and herring were identified by the device, they were automatically sorted into cases according to the type of fish.
With this device, it is possible to discriminate up to 100 fish per minute, and now it is possible to discriminate about 40 types of fish.
Demonstration experiments are scheduled to be held until March, and the Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Center and others hope to improve the types and accuracy of discrimination by further collecting fish data and letting AI learn.
Kenji Sudo, director of the Food Research Institute of the Aomori Prefectural Industrial Technology Center, said, "Since the aging of the fishing industry and the shortage of workers are becoming more serious, we would like to expand the efficiency improvement by AI based in Hachinohe." It was.