China has assumed a leadership position in global kelp cultivation and export. However, the kelp harvesting process in China still relies primarily on manual labor, with only limited adoption of semi-mechanized devices. This dependence results in suboptimal efficiency and elevated labor intensity. The industry now faces an acute labor shortage driven by an aging workforce and rising labor costs, highlighting the urgent need fo...

Kelp, as a kind of climate-friendly food, animal feed, and bioplastics material, has been gradually cultivated worldwide. In the process of kelp culture, clipping seedling operation is essential to guarantee the yield. Traditionally, the clipping seedling operation is conducted by hand with low production efficiency and high labor intensity. In this paper, a novel automatic clipping seedling machine is developed to improve eff...