Farmtech funding for Southeast Asia startups has steadily grown since 2018 despite the overall drop in VC dollars to the region.
Jorge Heraud, VP of automation and autonomy at John Deere, talks tractors, sprayers and educating the public about the vital role of farmers.
4AG has developed an autonomous harvesting robot it says can greatly alleviate labor challenges in the mushroom industry.
“We’re the really the first ag robotics that I’ve seen that relies on solar as the primary energy source,” says ag robotics company Aigen.
The UK-based farm robotics company talks labor shortages, AI, startup collaboration and more in this interview with AgFunderNews.
The annual Farm Robotics Challenge sets university students to work on solving real-world agricultural issues with robotics-based solutions.
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The Innova Memphis Fund VI will invest in early-stage startups addressing the automation and digitization of agriculture in rural areas.
Guardian Agriculture has raised $20m in a series A round to expand its autonomous drone technology to farms across the US and ramp-up manufacturing of its SC1 aircraft.
Investment in agrifoodtech will be key to the stable, sustainable and prosperous development of Africa, says Saron Berhane.
Pennsylvania-based Four Growers just released its second-generation automatic harvester for greenhouse-grown tomatoes.
SRC (Small Robot Company) is building survival runway via crowdfunding but says its difficulties are common amongst UK ag robotics startups.
Ecorobotix offers weeding and crop protection via its “high-precision sprayer” for targeted herbicide, fungicide and pesticide application.
Robots that automate the task of weeding are far and away the most popular right now amongst specialty crop growers, says Western Growers.
Generative AI platform Norm could become “a principal way to interact with a lot of parts of the FBN experience,” says the company.
Unlike almonds, which rely on honeybees for pollination, a dwindling and increasingly expensive resource, pistachio crops are pollinated by wind, which is both abundant and free-of-charge. So why are some growers turning to artificial pollination?
Tevel is partnering with ag machinery manufacturers and integrating its robots and ground computing software system with harvesting machinery.
Carbon Robotics will bring its LaserWeeder robot to new parts of North America and launch into international markets in the near future.
S2G will provide funding for startups in capital-intensive, asset-oriented industries including agriculture, energy and oceans.
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