Grain Weevil says its robot can make storing grain more efficient while keeping farmers out of grain bins and saving lives in the process.
“Our goal is to become the epicenter for unmanned aerial systems in the agricultural space,” says Kelly Hills CEO Lukas Koch.
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Funding will enable Applied Carbon to deploy a fleet of biochar machines across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
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Funding will go towards developing new AI capabilities as well as expanding the Monarch Tractor brand in the US and globally.
Ag spray drone distributors have formed a coalition to urge lawmakers to reconsider plans to restrict the US activities of Chinese drone maker DJI Technologies and say alternative approaches could address potential security concerns.
After experiments with Amy’s Kitchen, Chef Bombay, and Sunbasket, Chef Robotics’ technology is being rolled out across North America.
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The partnership will see Bluewhite’s autonomous technology on New Holland tractors in specialty crop farming operations.
“If we had American-made drones using American-made parts with American-made software that were as affordable and as good as DJI, we wouldn’t have an issue,” says Russell Hedrick. “But right now, they don’t exist.”
Proposed legislation targeting Chinese drone maker DJI Technologies could have a devastating effect on US agriculture, claim firms supplying the drones to farmers.
Niqo will use new funding to expand its spot-spraying tech across India and into horticulture markets around the world.
Carbon Robotics will use the investment to expand development and distribution of its LaserWeeder machines in speciality crops.
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The company will also introduce new capabilities to its system, which farmers can retrofit to existing machinery.
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The two companies will combine swarming with heavy-payload drones for more precise, effective spraying on specialty crops.
Bluewhite’s “IKEA” approach to autonomy outfits existing machines with its system to tackle everything from seeding to mowing.
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