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…