The US startup is growing a plant that can help to reduce the carbon footprint of animal agriculture and become a new ingredient for alt-proteins.
Managing director Jim Adler discusses his firm’s recent investment in farm robots startup Burro and where Toyota plans to look next in agtech.
The Philadelphia-based startup claims its agricultural bots of burden are “the only plug-and-play autonomous people-scale” solution on the market.
Artemis and iUNU will explore opportunities to offer more financing solutions to their CEA customers after the deal completes.
Its self-described “robotics as a service” platform combines robotic tractors with management software to complete a range of tasks.
The Californian startup has built robots that can pick field-grown strawberries. Next, it wants to move into the apple orchard.
Picnic dispatches groceries from strategically located, automated hubs to its customers’ doorsteps using electric minivans.
It distinguishes itself from other robo-delivery startups by relying on remote drivers instead of automation to pilot its robots through the streets.
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CropWalk CEO Charlie McKenzie said that his company’s clients “want us around more often; with iUNU, we can be there all the time.”
“When we invested, what I loved about Bear Flag was that they were solving the right problem,” writes AgFunder partner Rob Leclerc about his firm’s exit from the ag automation startup.
This is Deere’s second major automation acquisition in the past four years.
AppHarvest also announced the appointment of former Amazon tech exec Mark Keller to head up its on-farm robotics efforts.
The Singaporean startup is deploying its robotics platform across multiple industries – including indoor ag, where it streamlines crop inspection and harvesting.
Quantum hardware’s depth of analysis would likely advance our understanding of the genetic code of plants – and humans – far beyond what we know today.
Farms incur costs of anywhere from $5,000 to $150,000 every year due to problems caused by rocks, according to the US startup.
The Israeli startup claims that pilots of its tech have demonstrated results “at least as good” as both bees and manual pollination, with greenhouse tomato yields improved up to 15%.
AgXeed offers an autonomous tractor that can be used with a variety of implements, which Amathaon thinks is vital to the future of robotics in ag.
Its LeafSense tech is being used by growers to optimize the productivity of citrus orchards – and coffee and avocados could be next.
The Seattle startup has inked partnerships with players from across the US foodservice value chain to advance its pizza making robots.
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