This invention discloses an automated
seedling separation and cage loading device and its application based on square nested
scallop cages. The device includes a frame, a conveying
system, a string of square nested, quick-connect, stitchless
scallop cages consisting of a single
scallop cage head and one or more conventional scallop cage units, a crane
system for hoisting the string of square nested, quick-connect, stitchless scallop cages, a
seedling separation system installed in the middle of the frame, a
robotic arm picking and nesting
system located below the
seedling separation system, and a three-dimensional magnetic coordinate
positioning system. After the individual scallop cages are input, they are positioned by the three-dimensional magnetic coordinate
positioning system, identified and picked up by the
robotic arm, and quantitatively packaged into individual scallop cages. The individual scallop cages are then nested and secured one by one below the crane system. This invention automates the seedling separation and cage loading process in raft-type
cage aquaculture production, completely eliminating the need for manual seedling separation and sewing, greatly improving operational efficiency, reducing seedling
drying time, and increasing seedling
survival rate.