ʻO Davis, Kaleponi, ʻo Advanced Farm Technologies Inc., nā mea hoʻomohala o ka ʻenehana robotic no ka poʻe mahiʻai, hoʻolaha i ka Sept. 21 ua hoʻopau i kahi pūʻulu hoʻopukapuka moʻo B e hoʻonui ana i $ 25 miliona e kākoʻo i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana i ka ʻohi ʻana i nā strawberry a me ka hoʻololi ʻana o kāna ʻenehana i ka ʻohi ʻana i ka ʻāpala. .
Ua alakaʻi ʻia ka pūʻulu kālā Series B e Catapult Ventures a ua hoʻokomo pū ʻia nā mea hoʻopukapuka Series A: Kubota Corporation, Yamaha Motor Corp., a me Impact Ventures.
"He mea hauʻoli ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kākoʻo mau a me ka hoʻokō ʻana mai kā mākou mau mea hoʻopukapuka mua i kēia pōʻai kālā. Hōʻike ia i ka hana nui a kā mākou hui e hoʻomohala a lawe i kā mākou TX Strawberry Harvester i ka mākeke, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Kyle Cobb, pelekikena, a me ka mea hoʻokumu o Advanced Farm Technologies, i loko o kahi nūhou. "ʻO kā mākou kūleʻa he hōʻailona ia i kā mākou mau hoa ulu i nā strawberries a me nā ʻōlaʻi e hana pū me mākou e ʻimi i nā ala hana e hoʻokomo ai i ka automation i kā lākou mau hale hānai i kēia lā ʻoiai e hāʻawi ana iā mākou i nā manaʻo e pono ai mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi wikiwiki a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻenehana."
Hoʻolālā ʻia e hana pū me nā pūʻulu ohi lima, ʻike a ʻohi ʻo Advanced Farm TX Robotic Strawberry Harvester i nā hua ʻulaʻula a ʻoʻo mai nā moena strawberry i loko o ka lepo me ka ʻenehana hoʻopaʻa ʻai. ʻO ka mīkini i kūkulu ʻia i ka manaʻo he nui nā robots i hiki ke kū i ka paʻakikī o nā kūlana o waho, i loko o ka lepo me ka ʻike kamepiula paʻakikī a me ka ʻenehana aʻo mīkini e hoʻokele i nā mahina ʻai a ʻohi i nā hua me ke kūʻokoʻa a hiki i 24 mau hola o ka lā. ʻO ka kūleʻa mua o ka mākeke o ka TX Robotic Strawberry Harvester he hopena hoʻohiki no ka ʻoihana strawberry a me ka ʻōpala e kū nei i nā pilikia hoʻolako hana.
"Ua hōʻike ka hui Advanced Farm i ke aʻo nui me ka hōʻiliʻili kālā mua, e hana ana i ka $ 10 miliona i kahi ala lōʻihi loa i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ke kālepa ʻana i kāna ʻenehana wikiwiki a hoʻokumu i ke kumu e pono ai e hele i ka mākeke," wahi a Rouz Jazayeri, Managing Partner of Catapult Ventures. "Me kēia pōʻai hoʻopukapuka hou loa, hiki i ka hui ke hoʻonui i kāna hui a me ka ʻenehana robotic, me ka maka i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka māhele mākeke a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i kāna ʻenehana no nā mea kanu hou, e hoʻokō i ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki o ka ʻohi ʻohi ʻana no ka mahiʻai 21st-century."
Ke hoʻolālā nei i kāna mau ʻauwaʻa ʻo TX Robotic Strawberry Harvester e hana i nā kīhāpai ma nā kikowaena nui e hana ana i ka strawberry ma Kaleponi, ua kōkua ʻo Advanced Farm i nā mea ulu strawberry alakaʻi o ka honua me GoodFarms, The Oppenheimer Group (Oppy), a me Naturipe e lawe mai i ʻumi kaukani paona. hua hou i ke kuai.
"Pōmaikaʻi mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka manawa kūpono e hana pū me nā mea maikaʻi loa i kā mākou ʻoihana a hoʻomau i ka mahalo ʻia e ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa lima lima o Advanced Farm - kahi hui i hōʻoia ʻia e kūkulu nei ma luna o kā lākou kūleʻa i hala e lawe mai i nā hopena automation kūpono i ka mahiʻai. , "wahi a Dave Murray, hoa ma GoodFarms. "ʻO ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kā mākou ʻohi me ka Advanced Farm TX Robotic Strawberry Harvester e kōkua iā mākou e lawelawe i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku, e ʻae iā mākou e kākoʻo maikaʻi i kā mākou poʻe mahiʻai, a hoʻonui i nā hana e hoʻokō i ka makemake o nā mea kūʻai aku no nā hua hou kiʻekiʻe.
Hoʻomohala ʻo Advanced Farm Technologies i ka ʻenehana robotic no ka poʻe mahiʻai. I ka makahiki 2019, ua lilo ʻo Advanced Farm i hui mua o ʻAmelika e kūʻai aku i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā strawberry robotic, e lawe mai ana i nā hua hou i ka mākeke me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kāna kahua T-6 hou i hoʻolālā ʻia no nā moena kanu i kanu ʻia.
Me ka ʻoi aku ma mua o $70 miliona o nā mea kūʻai aku, ke hana nei ʻo Advanced Farm e hana hou i kāna ʻenehana ma o ka hui pū ʻana, me kekahi me ka UC Davis breeding program, e hoʻomohala i kahi kikoʻī piha o nā hoʻonā ʻokoʻa no ka ʻohi ʻana i nā strawberry ma ke kula mai ka ʻohi ʻana a me ka hoʻopili ʻana. .
He hui pilikino ʻo Advanced Farm Technologies ma Davis, Kaleponi. No ka ʻike hou aku, kipa iʻaneʻi.
TX Robotic Strawberry Harvester. Kiʻi: Advanced Farm Technologies