Tag: crop
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CNH Industrial adds new automation and autonomy solutions to agtech portfolio
CNH Industrial debuted its latest automation and autonomy solutions at its Tech Day in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, at the start of this year. New Driverless Tillage and Driver Assist Harvest solutions from Raven, and Baler Automation from Case IH and New Holland, deliver automation and autonomous equipment enhancements. They all help solve farming’s biggest challenges:…
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Carbon Robotics adds LaserThinning capability to its LaserWeeder
Carbon Robotics, an AI and robotics company specializing in agriculture, has introduced what it says is “the industry’s first LaserThinning capability”, continuing the “rapid innovation” of its LaserWeeder system. LaserThinning targets areas where vegetable crops are purposefully overseeded and then thinned for optimal crop spacing, growth and yield. This is particularly valuable for farmers growing…
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Robotics Plus unveils autonomous modular vehicle to ‘alleviate agriculture labour shortages’
Robotics Plus, a New Zealand-based agritech company, has launched an autonomous multi-use, modular vehicle platform for agriculture designed to carry out a variety of orchard and vineyard machine tasks – to “alleviate ongoing labor shortages and transform the industry”. The multi-purpose unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) can be supervised in a fleet of vehicles by a…
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John Deere forms joint venture with GUSS Automation
Farm machinery manufacturer John Deere has formed a joint venture with GUSS Automation, based in Kingsburg, California. GUSS (Global Unmanned Spray System) is a pioneer in semi-autonomous orchard and vineyard sprayers. High-value crops, such as orchards and vineyards, generate significantly higher value per acre than grains or oilseeds.
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Verdant Robotics launches multi-action agricultural robot for ‘superhuman farming’
Verdant Robotics has launched what it says is “the first multi-action autonomous farm robot for specialty crops” which will enable “superhuman farming”. To meet farmers’ demands for more sustainable and profitable growing practices, Verdant Robotics has expanded its robot-as-a-service (RaaS) model to ensure access for more specialty crop farmers. Founded in late 2018 by a…
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Carbon Robotics unveils new farm tech that kills weeds by zapping them with a laser
Carbon Robotics, an agricultural robotics company, today unveiled its 2022 LaserWeeder implement, an autonomous, laserweeding pull-behind robot that seamlessly attaches to the back of tractors. The new LaserWeeder is a precise, organic, and cost-effective weed control solution for large-scale specialty row crops. In addition to an updated build, the 2022 LaserWeeder features 30 industrial CO2…
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Carbon Robotics releases new autonomous weeding robot into farming industry
Carbon Robotics, an autonomous robotics company, has unveiled its third-generation autonomous weed elimination robots. The Autonomous Weeder uses robotics, artificial intelligence, and laser technology to safely and effectively drive through crop fields to identify, target and eliminate weeds. Unlike other weeding technologies, the robots utilize high-power lasers to eradicate weeds through thermal energy, without disturbing…
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AI and Robots Are Improving Agriculture in 2021
The integration of machine learning, AI, and IoT devices is nothing new to the modern farm. Different sensors provide agronomists with valuable, reliable, and relevant data to help them increase their farms’ efficiency by ensuring higher yields and cutting production costs. This is especially of aid at big farms where it’s necessary to monitor and…
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Truly gigantic farm robot as big as a football field being tested in Arizona desert
A colossally humungous robot that looks at least as big as a football field has been unveiled by a group of scientists who clearly understand scale. (See video below.) Called the “Field Scanalyzer”, shown in dazzling pictures and video on the Wall Street Journal website, the totally titanic machine is described as “an automated robotic…
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Yanmar leads agricultural robotics project to develop ‘SMASH’ system
Agriculture in the future will see increasing use of scientifically precise farming techniques, where automated “agro-bots” monitor, treat and work the land, using advanced technology designed to help maximise yields and minimise disease. With its extensive experience in automation and agricultural mechanisation, agritech specialist Yanmar is now showing the way in advanced field robotics research.…