Bowery’s strawberry bot buyout
February 24, 2022
Bowery announced its acquisition of robotics startup Traptic last week. Here, AFN analyzes the deal and what it means for the wider indoor ag space.
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Meet the founder: Tevel’s Yaniv Maor talks field trials with flying robots
January 20, 2022
Tevel is trialling its tethered drone-based system that can harvest fruit from treetops and carry out other tasks, such as pruning, trimming, and thinning.
Brief: Robo-delivery startup Nuro raises $600m from Google, Kroger
November 2, 2021
Nuro and Google will additionally “explore opportunities together to strengthen and transform local commerce,” the Californian startup said.
Investor Q&A: Why Toyota Ventures invested in Burro’s farm robots
October 11, 2021
Managing director Jim Adler discusses his firm’s recent investment in farm robots startup Burro and where Toyota plans to look next in agtech.
Botmaker Burro banks $11m Series A funding in Toyota, S2G-led round
September 28, 2021
The Philadelphia-based startup claims its agricultural bots of burden are “the only plug-and-play autonomous people-scale” solution on the market.
Advanced Farm Technologies closes $25m Series B round for its robotic harvesting system
September 23, 2021
The Californian startup has built robots that can pick field-grown strawberries. Next, it wants to move into the apple orchard.
A Swiss raclette-cutting robot wows CES 2020 in Las Vegas
January 17, 2020
One of the robo-stars of this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was a slightly wacky invention from Switzerland: a robot that has been
Robots, hemp, drastic weather: Farmers Edge’s Wade Barnes shares 2020 ag predictions
January 14, 2020
From traceability to hemp to robots, if Barnes is right, 2020 is going to be a blockbuster year across the agricultural board.
Robot chefs that can serve 5m types of pizza: France’s Pazzi raises $11m+ Series A
June 17, 2019
That is rather a lot of dough for a pizzeria.
Zymergen Seals $42M Series A to Continue Mass Production of Microbes Using Robotics
June 18, 2015
Microbial DNA maker Zymergen recently announced a $42M Series A led by Data Collective, with a group of investors participating, including AME Cloud Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurveston,
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