Tag: abundant
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Abundant Robots launches to help farmers streamline harvesting process
Abundant Robots, a startup automating the apple harvesting process to deliver high-quality produce to consumers, has launched to raise up to $20 million in seed capital via equity crowdfunding site WAX. The launch comes just weeks after the corporate innovation venture studio and startup incubator Wavemaker Labs Asia (agtech-focused division of Wavemaker Labs’ overall brand)…
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Samsung moves into the vertical farming market
Agricultural innovations are essential for feeding our ever-growing global population. Especially these days, as industrialisation and global warming continue to negatively affect soil fertility and reduce the amount of arable land. According to the United Nations, the world’s population is set to reach 9.8 billion by 2050.
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Robotics technology for picking farm produce
By Nandini Kranti The use of robotics technology in industrial systems is quite common, but in the agricultural sector, robotics and automation technology still retains a novelty and fascination, and is still to make a widespread impact on labor-intensive tasks. The discussion on man versus machine has come too far. Artificial intelligence was the key addition that tipped…
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Robots planning to raid orchards: Abundant Robotics to automate apple harvests
Agricultural technology startup company Abundant Robotics to launch a robot with a taste for apples SRI International, a technology research organisation, is to spin-out and launch Abundant Robotics, an agriculture technology company focused on helping make nutritious foods such as apples and other tree fruits more accessible. Abundant will commercialize and build on several years of research…