The need for automation in the food and agriculture industry is now. But are the robots ready to be unleashed? Watch our recent webinar to hear from two leading robotics entrepreneurs from RootAI and Bear Flag Robotics.
Agriculture is facing a major shortage of qualified labor. Innovations like digital twin technology can help meet labor needs in a time of high demand and short supply.
Tortuga is debuting a commercial robotics-as-a-service model this spring after quitely working with farmer partners during stealth mode R&D.
Naïo co-founder Gaëtan Séverac is bullish about the imminent and radical adoption of agri-robots; his company placed signs at its recent event calling for an “agrobolution.”
One could be forgiven for questioning why the world needs a robot that can make 300 pizzas an hour. Clayton Wood, CEO of robot making startup Picnic, often has to answer for that.
Yamaha Motor Ventures’ Nolan Paul tells AFN the biggest challenges for robotics and why he thinks Advanced Farm Technologies will go all the way.
The round takes Bear Flag’s total funding efforts to $4.5 million after it took part in the Y Combinator accelerator and raised a pre-seed round in the fall of 2017.
We caught up with Nolan Paul ahead of the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit, to discuss how Driscoll’s works with startups and lessons learned while trying to determine the future of strawberry growing.
President Trump and the Supreme Court weigh in on agriculture issues while startups launch new products in this week’s brief.
Modern slavery is back at the top of concerned consumers minds and new agrifood tech startups and some established players are working to shine a light at the very bottom of the supply chain.
Some farms reported being short 100 workers and media from many agricultural states reported farms leaving crops in the fields to rot due to lack of labor.
Though robotics are more and more visible in the fields and in the media, the labor shortage will need to be addressed by both industry and government if food production is to stay on course.
Biological innovation is key to the economic & environmental sustainability of CEA