PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable transplantation of plants to a cultivation plate in a simpler method.SOLUTION: A transplantation support apparatus comprises: a stopper pin for regulating a position of a plant when it is transplanted a pin driving part for positioning the stopper pin to the lower part of a hole of a plate a guide member arranged at a position surrounding the stopper pin and having a reverse umbrella part for guiding the root of the plant to the hole a guiding and driving part for opening/closing the reverse umbrella part of the guide member, positioning it at the upper part of the hole in a state of being opened, and moving the guide member to the lower part of the hole as the opened state changes to a closed state and a control part for controlling the guiding and driving part. The control part, after the plant is placed at the upper part of the hole of the plate in the opened state of the guide member, changes the guide member from the opened state into the closed state by the guiding and driving part, and when the guide member is closed to a predetermined degree, retracts by pin driving part, the stopper pin from the position where it has regulated the position of the plant.COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】本開示は、植物を栽培プレートに対してより簡易な方法で移植ができる。【解決手段】移植サポート装置は、植物が植え替えられる際の位置を規制するストッパーピンと、プレートの穴の下部に対してストッパーピンを位置させるピン駆動部と、ストッパーピンを囲む位置に配置され、植物の根を穴に誘い込むための逆傘部を有する誘い部材と、誘い部材の逆傘部を開閉し、開いた状態で穴の上部に位置させ、開いた状態から閉じる状態に変化するにつれて穴の下部へと誘い部材を移動させる誘い駆動部と、誘い駆動部を制御する制御部と、を備える。制御部は、プレートの穴の上部で誘い部材を開いた状態で植物が配置された後、誘い駆動部によって誘い部材を開いた状態から閉じた状態になるように変化させ、誘い部材が所定の量まで閉じると、ピン駆動部によってストッパーピンを、植物を位置規制した位置から退避させる。【選択図】図7
