Category: Robotics & Automation

BREAKING: FarmWise raises $14.5m Series A to expand its weeding robot service

September 17, 2019

The robotics-as-a-service company helps farmers weed their crops and hopes to move into other applications in the future like plant health and monitoring.

As Minneapolis tries to ban drive-thrus, McDonald’s tries to automate them

September 12, 2019

Using different languages to order your food could soon become a moot point at McDonald’s drive-thrus, with the company's acquisition of Apprente — a two-year-old startup that's been making impressive strides in voice recognition software.

Bellwether Coffee checks sustainability, fair wage boxes for impact fund DBL

September 12, 2019

“Bellwether Coffee has a dream team of sustainability and coffee experts and is addressing a large market ripe for improvement,” Nancy Pfund, managing partner at DBL Partners, tells AFN.

The Amazon is being decimated. How could tech have prevented it?

August 28, 2019

The Amazon Rainforest is being whittled away by one of the most massive blazes in history. Could tech have prevented it?

BREAKING: Yamaha leads $7.5m Series A in strawberry harvesting robot

August 27, 2019

Yamaha Motor Ventures' Nolan Paul tells AFN the biggest challenges for robotics and why he thinks Advanced Farm Technologies will go all the way.

Spyce up your life with robot woks: review from Boston

August 21, 2019

For the last several months, I’ve been monitoring the roll-out of robo-chefs in restaurants and I've started visiting them. Here's what I thought of Spyce in Boston.

Silicon Valley is bullish about food delivery robots, but cities and consumers aren’t 100% sold…yet

August 20, 2019

Robotics startup Starship Technologies closed a $40 million venture round for its cooler-sized delivery robots but some cities are cracking down on autonomous robot testing amid consumer safety concerns.

Do consumers actually want restaurant tech?

August 20, 2019

A new study exploring consumer attitudes towards restaurant technology revealed that some see it as a quick marketing gig while others expect restaurants to adopt new digital tools.

Eatsa is dead; long live Brightloom! (And its leading robotic retail & software as a service)

August 1, 2019

There was something of a Mark Twain twang about investigating the curious disappearance of Eatsa, a partly-automated healthy fast-food chain where robots rustled up nutritious bowls of quinoa, writes Richard Martyn-Hemphill

MetoMotion raises $1.5m seed round for zany greenhouse robot that spots ripeness in tomatoes

July 31, 2019

Israel’s MetoMotion has revealed to AFN that it had secured $1.5 million in funding for its slightly zany answer to spotting ripeness in greenhouse-grown tomatoes: a luminous green multipurpose “Greenhouse Robotic Worker” (GRoW).

Robo-Made Octopus Balls Are Go! Japan’s Connected Robotics Raises $7.8m Series A

July 11, 2019

Japan’s Connected Robotics first made waves in Tokyo’s food tech space with its ballsy launch of OctoChef, a robot that serves hot octopus balls, and now it's adding to its portfolio with an ice cream-making bear, and breakfast in bed robot.

Robot Chefs That Can Serve 5m Types of Pizza: France’s Pazzi Raises Over $11m Series A

June 17, 2019

That is rather a lot of dough for a pizzeria.

Berry Picking Robot Hank Could be Perfectly Timed for Brexit Britain

June 11, 2019

Hank’s appearance on the British crop scene appears to be perfectly timed, with many UK farmers currently preparing for life without a steady flow of European Union (EU) fruit pickers and other seasonal workers.

A Q&A with Robert Saik: It’s Time to Get Big or Go Home for Agriculture Robotics

May 21, 2019

Although there are a number of farm robotics startups, they lack the scale necessary to make a meaningful impact, according to Robert Saik, CEO of DOT Farm Solutions retail strategies.

Partnerships May Be the Recipe for Success in Post-Hype Ag Drone Space

May 3, 2019

As still-skeptical farmers demand more value and less labor input from drones, many companies are answering the call through strategic partnerships and acquisitions

7 Top Agtech Startups Defining the Future of Agriculture

April 30, 2019

What do robotics, blockchain, insur-tech, and cow fart-reduction tech (yes, really) all have in common? These technologies will all be showcased at F&A Next in The Netherlands next month!

At Cafe X, Robot Baristas are Grinding Down the Competition

April 29, 2019

Cafe X, a runner-up in the recent AgriFood Innovation Awards, remained tight-lipped about where it plans to open new cafes but is focusing on research & development to stay ahead of the competition.

How TartanSense is Building Small Robots for Small Farms in India

April 11, 2019

TartanSense builds small land-based robots for small farms and smallholder farmers initially focused on pesticide application.

Poultry Producers Tyson, Perdue Turn to Technology to Improve Animal Welfare

March 12, 2019

Tyson and Perdue are investing in better conditions for its birds and relying on technology to make it happen as consumers remain concerned about welfare in poultry production.

Consumers’ increasing fascination with learning more about food production has prompted many companies throughout the value chain to take actionable steps to improve food safety, transparency, traceability, and animal welfare.

Founder of Agtech’s First Unicorn David Friedberg Reveals Investment Portfolio of The Production Board

February 21, 2019

You may have seen The Production Board crop up on a few agrifood tech investments, but there's little publicly-available information about the investment holding company founded by David Friedberg. Until now.

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Category: Robotics & Automation

BREAKING: FarmWise raises $14.5m Series A to expand its weeding robot service

As Minneapolis tries to ban drive-thrus, McDonald’s tries to automate them

Bellwether Coffee checks sustainability, fair wage boxes for impact fund DBL

The Amazon is being decimated. How could tech have prevented it?

BREAKING: Yamaha leads $7.5m Series A in strawberry harvesting robot

Spyce up your life with robot woks: review from Boston

Silicon Valley is bullish about food delivery robots, but cities and consumers aren’t 100% sold…yet

Do consumers actually want restaurant tech?

Eatsa is dead; long live Brightloom! (And its leading robotic retail & software as a service)

MetoMotion raises $1.5m seed round for zany greenhouse robot that spots ripeness in tomatoes

Robo-Made Octopus Balls Are Go! Japan’s Connected Robotics Raises $7.8m Series A

Robot Chefs That Can Serve 5m Types of Pizza: France’s Pazzi Raises Over $11m Series A

Berry Picking Robot Hank Could be Perfectly Timed for Brexit Britain

A Q&A with Robert Saik: It’s Time to Get Big or Go Home for Agriculture Robotics

Partnerships May Be the Recipe for Success in Post-Hype Ag Drone Space

7 Top Agtech Startups Defining the Future of Agriculture

At Cafe X, Robot Baristas are Grinding Down the Competition

How TartanSense is Building Small Robots for Small Farms in India

Poultry Producers Tyson, Perdue Turn to Technology to Improve Animal Welfare

Founder of Agtech’s First Unicorn David Friedberg Reveals Investment Portfolio of The Production Board

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