Touch the Soil News #2042 (photo – Burro Mobility Robot) (Courtesy of Burro.ai https://burro.ai/) AgFunder News brings the story of Burro – a mobility robot for farms. For many farm tasks, a small mobility robot can improve efficiency. Burro made the news as they just achieved more venture capital funding. You can read the story…
Touch the Soil News #1948 (Feature Photo – Aerial Pesticide Application in California – (USDA Public Domain) Agfunder News brings us a new report from Western Growers – one of the largest agricultural advocacy organizations representing the majority of growers in California and Arizona. In a poll, roughly 70 percent of growers surveyed said they…
Touch the Soil News #1935 (Feature Photo – The Burro by Augean Robtotics – (Courtesy Augean Robotics) A winner at the 2023 World Ag Expo is Burro, a farm wheeled robot that can perform an almost limitless number of tasks. You can buy the Burro for around $20,000. You can also tryout the Burro for…
Touch the Soil News #1934 (Feature Photo – Tevel Robotics Fruit Pickers – (Courtesy Tevel https://www.tevel-tech.com/) AgFunder News bring us the story of World Ag Expo winner Tevel. Tevel is an Israeli company that has developed drone fruit pickers to help alleviate the problem of fruit being left in the field due to labor constraints.…
Touch the Soil News #1733 (Feature Photo – Agricultural Robot – CCA SA 3.0 Unported, Amazone GmbH & Co. KG) Agritech Tomorrow brings us news about the coming age of agricultural robots. Predicted to reach a market of $11 billion, robotics is delivering fruit picking machines and drones to dominate future farms. You can read…
Touch the Soil News #1628 (Feature Photo – Agricultural Robot – Courtesy of the Small Robot Company https://www.smallrobotcompany.com/) GreenBiz journalist Shane Downing brings us the story of the robotic and hybrid-electric future of agriculture. The story discusses how the electrification and robotification of agriculture represents a $50 billion dollar industry. You can read the full…
Touch the Soil News #1535 (Feature photo – Field Crops – Public Domain) AgFunder News brings us the prediction of Wade Barnes, founder of Farmers Edge. Barnes takes a look at new technologies, hemp and weather. You can read the full story here: https://agfundernews.com/robots-hemp-and-drastic-weather-farmers-edges-wade-barnes-shares-2020-ag-predictions.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udpuzDWCuw8
Touch the Soil News #1532 (Feature photo – Broiler Chicken Farm – By Larry Rana – USDA, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3824012) The following video is about the new ChickenBoy aerial robot that keeps chicken under constant observation while gathering data. The video also provides a first look into how chickens are handled in a confinement operation.
Touch the Soil News #1519 (Feature photo – Agricultural Robot – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported Amazone GmbH & Co. KG) Naio Technologies of France (https://www.naio-technologies.com/en/) is pushing ahead with a variety of agricultural robots. While many of these technologies are not fully commercialized, they are taking form in ways that show promise. The Dino…
Touch the Soil News #1504 (Feature photo – Solar Weeding Robot – courtesy of ecoRobotix https://www.ecorobotix.com/en/) Swiss tech company ecoRobotix has developed a weed-eating platform that discovers weeds and sprays only the weed. This can reduce herbicide use by 20-fold. You can read the full story here: https://houseofswitzerland.org/swissstories/science-education/swiss-start-ups-forefront-green-tech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I5u24A1j7I
