Tag: fruit
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Georgia Tech develops robot designed for thinning and pruning peach trees
Peaches, not surprisingly, pack a punch for Georgia’s economy. Over 130 million pounds of peaches are produced in Georgia per year, and the Southern staple has a total farm gate value of over $71 million, according to recent estimates. But cultivating peaches is a complex and manually-intensive process that has put a strain on many…
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Advanced Farm Technologies completes $25 million Series B funding round
Advanced Farm Technologies, developers of robotic technology for farmers, has completed a series B investment round raising $25 million to support the company’s growth in strawberry harvesting and the adaptation of its technology to apple harvesting. The Series B funding round was led by Catapult Ventures and included all the Series A investors Kubota Corporation,…
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Agricultural robots and AI: A question of when and not if
Robotics and artificial intelligence will drive a deep and transformative change in the agricultural world during the coming decades, according to a new report by IDTechEx. Seeing, localising, and taking plant-specific intelligent action are no longer the exclusive realm of humans, says the research company. Machines have demonstrated the technical viability and the emphasis has…
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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.