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The robot revolution that will help farmers all over the world
– Professor Salah Sukkarieh and his team at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics have developed smaller, cheaper robots to help farmers work more productively, efficiently and sustainably.– The robots, such as SwagBot, RIPPA, and Digital Farmhand, can assist with tasks like monitoring and caring for crops, detecting pests, and spraying only affected crops, resulting…
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25 million USD for Advanced Farm Technologies and its autonomous robotic fruit harvester
California-based Advanced Farm Technologies, the first US company to commercialise a robotic strawberry harvester, has closed a $25 million Series B financing round. The funds will be used to support the company’s growth in strawberry harvesting and to apply its technology to apple harvesting.The Advanced Farm TX robotic strawberry harvester is designed to work alongside manual harvesting crews and…
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Kompano, a leading technology company in horticultural robotics
Priva and the Belgian Octinion K and FD group are combining their horticultural robotics activities under the Kompano banner. The formalities will be finalised in the coming weeks. By combining their expertise and technology, they will create a strong and pioneering technology company focused on innovation in horticultural robotics in a fast-growing international market. The management team is led by Tom Coen…
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Will the fundamental changes be enough for Abundant Robots?
When Abundant Robotics, an agricultural robotics company, closed in mid-2021, it cited a lack of funding and market traction as its two main challenges. But that did not deter product development incubator Wavemaker Labs, which bought Abundant Robotics’ intellectual property (IP) for an undisclosed sum in October 2021.Wavemaker Labs has now relaunched as Abundant Robots…
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Asparagus harvesting robot tested in the UK
UK agri-tech start-up Muddy Machines has successfully completed field trials of its prototype robotic harvester, Sprout.Muddy Machines has been working with Herefordshire asparagus grower Cobrey Farms for the past year to test and develop Sprout on-farm.Sprout uses deep learning technology to detect and pick asparagus spears to growers’ specifications, and is lightweight and fully electric. A…
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Naïo Technologies Unsupervised Work of its Full Range of Robots
After 10 years’ existence, Naïo Technologies is consolidating its status as the agricultural robotics leader by being the first company in the world to certify that its large scale agricultural robots will be operating unsupervised in fields from the spring of 2022! Naïo Technologies Unsupervised Work of its Full Range of Robots After having certified…
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New innovation award for AgroIntelli’s ROBOTTI
Today saw Danish farm robotics company AgroIntelli win an Agritechnica Innovation Award with RoboVeg Ltd AND announce the launch of its new long-range (LR) ROBOTTI autonomous implement carrier. The ROBOTTI LR is a new single engine version of the 150D robot with space for a larger 300 litre capacity diesel engine, this allows the carrier to operate for up to…
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British lettuce harvesting robot
A UK research team of agricultural and mechanical engineers is developing a lettuce harvesting robot that uses machine vision and artificial intelligence to determine the intersection of a stem. The team is working on the project, funded by Innovate UK, and is supported by the Grimme agricultural machinery company, the Agri-EPI Centre in Edinburgh, Harper Adams University in Newport, the Machine Vision Centre at the University of the West of England in Bristol, and two…
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Finding a problematic wire section with an autonomous robot
Time and time again, corn farmers report that installing tile drainage on their farm provides a higher return on investment than any other practice. While this may be true, the return on investment is only improved if the tile drainage system is working. Clogged pipes due to roots, rodents or other vile obstructions are not…
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ecoRobotix concept field robot
Company: ecoRobotix, Essert-Pittet, SwitzerlandWebsite: http://www.ecorobotix.com/Product: Lightweight, autonomous robots initially for weeding ecoRobotix concept field robot Application area: field trial in Switzerland; next year in GermanyFunction: robotic platform for weeding of row crops, incorporating advanced weed detection algorithms, fast robotic arms, advanced sensor technology, high energy efficiency and wireless communicationTrial: Currently with sugar beet, but plans…
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Harvest automation HV-100 mobile robot
Company: Harvest Automation, North Billerica, MAWebsite: http://www.harvestai.com/productsProduct: HV-100 mobile robot Harvest automation HV-100 mobile robot
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Wall-Ye 1000 pruning robot
Company: Wall-Ye, Macon, FranceWebsite: http://wall-ye.comProduct: Wall-Ye 1000 mobile pruning robot Wall-Ye 1000 pruning robot Application: pruning French vineyardsFunction: autonomous pruningTesting: completed in 2013Availability: for sale and as a servicePrice: 30 000 USD per robot
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Wageningen UR cucumber harvesting robot
Company:Wageningen UR (University and Research Centre), Wageningen, The Netherlands and Agritronics, Sint Annaparochie, The NetherlandsWebsite:http://www.wageningenur.nl/en/Expertise-Services/Research-Institutes/Wageningen-UR-Greenhouse-Horticulture/Research-themes/Advanced-Cultivation-and-Production-Systems/Subthemes/Computer-vision- and-robotics.htm and http://www.agritronics.nl/Product:Research to deliver high-value crop intelligence systems to commercial research partners/manufacturers Wageningen UR cucumber harvesting robot Area of application: sweet peppers in the Netherlands, apples and grapes in Belgium, canopy spraying in Slovenia and spot spraying in ItalyFunction:…
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AutoProbe soil sampling system
Company: Agrobotics, Little Rock, ARWebsite: http://www.agrobotics.com/Product: AutoProbe soil sampling system Agrobotics AutoProbe Area of use: Midwestern US agricultural beltFunction:The AutoProbe is a towed device that controls the driving of a towed vehicle to produce consistent, uniform and accurately spaced soil samples. The device can pull more than 2,500 cores per hourTested for 7 years in…
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Amazone-Bosch BoniRob light field robot
Company: Amazone-Werke Gmbh, Hasbergen, GermanyWebsite: http://info.amazone.de/DisplayInfo.aspx?id=14033Product: BoniRob all-terrain robot Amazone-Bosch BoniRob lightweight all-terrain robot Application: working on maize and wheat experimental plots in GermanyFunction: autonomous multi-purpose robots that work in “herds”Testing: Multi-purpose, lightweight robot for weeding, fertilizer application, control developed at Robert Bosch GmbHAvailability: Only two built; no commercial plans announced at this timeAge: No…
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