Vol. 86, No. 3 (Published on 1st, May. 2024)

CONTENTS

ESSAY

　Y. KAIZU…109

SPECIAL EDITION

Strategies for Research and Development of the Village Energy Management Systems (VEMS)

Editor：M. ISHII

　M. ISHII, R. TSUCHIYA, H. MORIYAMA, K. ENDO, T. KARASAKI, M. NAKAMURA, M. GOTO：Development and Technological Perspectives of the Village Energy Management System (VEMS) for Decarbonized Society in Japan…112

　O. NAKAJIMA, H. HIRANO, M. NONAKA, S. KITAMURA, K. MORI, T. GODA, K. OTANI：Development of Simulator for Village Energy Management System (VEMS)…118

　T. KARASAKI, T. ASHIDA, S. FUJII, M. WATANABE, M. ISHII, K. ENDO：Energy Demand in Rural Areas: A Typology-based Analysis of Agricultural, Mountainous, and Fishing Villages…124

　T. TAKEUCHI, T. FUJITANI, T. MAGAMI：Power Generation Potential of Agrivoltaic System…128

　T. MIKI, M. GOTO：Thermal Energy Supply Potential of Running Water in Irrigation Canals
　　─Nasushiobara City, Tochigi Prefecture, as a Case Study─…136

　M. WATANABE, M. NAKAMURA, T. KARASAKI, M. ISHII, K. ENDO：Supply and Demand Simulation of Renewable Energy Electricity for Rural Areas: A Case Study of Aoki Area in Nasushiobara City in Tochigi Prefecture…141

TECHNO-TOPICS

Y. HAMADA：Overview and Future of the ‘AgriBus Series’ GNSS Guidance Systems Utilizing Smart Devices…146

PAPERS (Article)

RESEARCH PAPERS

S. OHATA, S. ARIMA, Y. UEKA : Development of a Fruit Detection Model for a Tomato Harvesting Robot Using Deep Learning
　　─Evaluation of Effectiveness by Applying Background Removal Images─…163 　abstracts

S. N. NJANE, A. ITOH, M. YOSHIDA, T. SHURI, S. TSUCHIYA, H. TSUJI : A Novel Tractor-mounted Multi-camera System for Precise High-throughput Phenotyping…172 　abstracts