Morehead, ma Kentucky AʻO ppHarvest Inc., kahi hui agtech a me Certified B Corp i kālele ʻia i ka mahiʻai ʻana me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka 90% ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai ma mua o ka mahiʻai ākea a me ka wai ua hana hou ʻia, ua hoʻolaha ʻo ia i ka lā 8 ʻApelila ua loaʻa iā ia ʻo Root AI, kahi hoʻomaka mahiʻai naʻauao e hana i nā robots akamai. e kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā mahiʻai i loko o ka ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o Root AI a me kāna robotic universal harvester, ʻo Virgo, e manaʻo ʻia e hāʻawi iā AppHarvest me kahi kumu o ke kākoʻo hōʻiliʻili e hana pū ana me nā loea mālama mea kanu i kālele ʻia i nā hana paʻakikī. Manaʻo ʻo AppHarvest i ka pono hoʻololi pāʻani o ka ʻenehana i loko o ka ʻikepili i hiki i nā robots ke hōʻiliʻili i ka wā e hōʻiliʻili ai lākou, hiki ke kōkua i ka loiloi ʻana i ke olakino o nā mea kanu, e wānana pololei i ka hoʻohua ʻana a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā hana holoʻokoʻa o ka hale hoʻokele kaiapuni (CEA).
“ʻO ka mahiʻai ʻana e like me kā mākou i ʻike ai ua haki ia ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o nā ʻano like ʻole e like me ke ʻano o ka ʻino, ka maloʻo, ke ahi a me ka hoʻomāinoino ʻia e nā holoholona e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻole ai kā mākou ʻōnaehana meaʻai. Hoʻoponopono ka mahiʻai i loko no ka nui o ia mau pilikia, a hiki i ka ʻikepili i hōʻiliʻili ʻia ke hāʻawi nui i nā ʻike hou aʻe e kōkua iā mākou e wānana a mālama i ka maikaʻi o ka huaʻai a me ka hoʻohua ʻana, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo AppHarvest Founder & CEO Jonathan Webb i loko o kahi nūhou. "ʻO kekahi o nā pilikia nui i ka mahiʻai ʻo ka wānana pololei ʻana i ka hua. Nui nā hoʻoholo i lalo mai ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka hana a hiki i ka lawe ʻana i ka hoʻolālā hale kūʻai ma luna o ia mea. Hiki i nā ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka projection a me nā hua maoli ke hopena i nā hana ahi no nā hana he nui e hoʻoponopono ai no ka loli, a hiki iā AI ke kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana no kēlā.
Ua hui pū ʻo Root AI CEO iā AppHarvest ma ke ʻano he luna ʻenehana nui
ʻO Root AI co-founder a me CEO Josh Lessing e lawe i ke kuleana o ka luna ʻenehana nui no AppHarvest kahi e alakaʻi ai ʻo ia i ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā robots a me kā lākou hiki AI no ka pūnaewele o nā mahiʻai i loko o ka hale a AppHarvest e kūkulu nei. ʻO Lessing, me ka mea hoʻokumu ʻo Ryan Knopf e hui pū me AppHarvest ma ke ʻano he pelekikena o ka ʻenehana, ua kōkua i ka hoʻokumu ʻana iā Root AI ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi mua i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka naʻauao artificial ma CEA. ʻO Virgo ka mea ʻohi mua loa o ka honua, hiki ke hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ʻike a hōʻiliʻili i nā mea kanu he nui o nā ʻano like ʻole e like me nā ʻōmato, pepa, kukama a me nā huaʻai maʻalahi e like me nā strawberries.
ʻOiai hiki i ka Virgo ke hana i loko a i waho paha, ʻo ka manaʻo o ka robot i ka mahiʻai kaiapuni. I loko o nā makahiki ʻekolu i hala iho nei, ua hōʻiliʻili ʻo ia i ka pūʻulu ʻikepili nui loa o ka honua o nā kiʻi tōmato e hiki ai iā ia ke ʻike i nā ʻano ʻano ʻoi aku ma mua o 50 i nā ʻano ulu like ʻole a ma nā pae like ʻole o ke oʻo e aʻo ai pehea a me ka wā e ʻohi ai.
Hoʻohana ʻo Virgo i kahi pūʻulu kamera i hui pū ʻia me ka laser infrared e hoʻohua i kahi ʻāpana kala 3D o kahi wahi e hoʻoholo ai i ka hana hiki iā ia ke hana. Ma hope o ka palapala ʻana i nā ʻōmato, ʻike ʻo ia i ko lākou kūlana a hoʻoholo inā ua oʻo lākou e ʻohi. Hiki ke hoʻolālā ʻia ka robot e hana i nā loiloi maikaʻi ʻē aʻe pū kekahi. ʻO ka scan ka mea hiki i ka robot ke ʻimi i ke ala ʻoi loa ka ʻoi loa o ke ala e koho ai i ka mea kanu ma mua o ka hiki ʻana mai o ka lima robotic a me ka gripper. Hiki i ka lopako ke hoʻomaopopo i nā haneli o nā tōmato ma kahi hapa o kekona me ka ʻole e hoʻopili i ke ao. Mālama ʻo Virgo i kāna helu kūleʻa e like me ka pāʻani wikiō. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa mau ke ʻano hana manaʻo manaʻo i kona pono no laila e aʻo ʻo ia i ka ʻohi ʻana i kēlā me kēia hoʻonohonoho i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hua me ka maikaʻi loa.
“ʻO kahi ʻāpana meaʻai – inā he ʻōmato a i ʻole he hua a i ʻole he kukama—he hopena ia mai nā ʻano hoʻololi he ʻāpana o ka hana ulu. ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili ʻikepili i hoʻonui ʻia no kēlā me kēia mea kanu ma o ka robot hiki ke alakaʻi i nā ʻike e aʻo pololei iā mākou i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana meaʻai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻoi aku ka paʻa i hilinaʻi ʻia a hoʻohua hou aku i nā meaʻai me ka liʻiliʻi o nā kumu waiwai," wahi a Lessing. "ʻO ka hui pū ʻana me AppHarvest he mea kūpono maoli ia: makemake mākou e hōʻoia i kahi lako paʻa, palekana o ka meaʻai momona a olakino e ʻai ai nā kānaka - ulu mau ʻia - a ʻo ka hana ʻana ma ka pālākiō o AppHarvest e hāʻawi iā mākou i ka manawa e hana ai i ka mea nui loa. ʻokoʻa."
ʻO ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā ʻikepili hou aʻe ma o AI e hiki ai i nā mea ulu ke hoʻohana i ka ʻike manawa maoli e hoʻomaikaʻi i kekahi mau hana hoʻomau e like me ka ʻike ʻana a me ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā pests ma ke ʻano maoli, e kōkua ana i nā mahiʻai i loko e ulu kūleʻa i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu ʻole pesticide.
Hoʻokomo kālā ʻo AppHarvestis ma kahi o $60 miliona, ʻo ia hoʻi he $10 miliona ma ke kālā a me ke koena i nā ʻāpana maʻamau o AppHarvest, e loaʻa iā Root AI. E hoʻopuka ka Hui ma kahi o 2,328,000 mau ʻāpana no ke kālepa.
Hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 2018, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Root AI ma Somerville, Mass., a he 19 mau limahana manawa piha, ʻo lākou a pau e manaʻo ʻia e hui pū me ka hui ʻenehana ʻo AppHarvest e kōkua i ka holomua ʻana i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi lako meaʻai kūpaʻa a hoʻomau.
He hui ʻenehana noiʻi ʻo AppHarvest e kūkulu ana i kekahi o nā mahiʻai kūloko kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua ma Appalachia e ulu ana i ka non-GMO, nā mea kanu pesticide-free me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka 90 pākēneka ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai ma mua o ka mahiʻai ākea a hoʻohana hou i ka wai ua i ka wā e hana ana i nā hua a hiki i 30 ʻoi aku ka manawa o ka mahiʻai kuʻuna ma ka nui like o ka ʻāina me ka holo ʻole o ka mahiʻai.
Hoʻohui ka hui i nā ʻenehana mahiʻai maʻamau me ka ʻenehana ʻokiʻoki a ke kamaʻilio nei i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā meaʻai meaʻai, ka mahiʻai ʻoi aku ka hoʻomau, ke kūkulu ʻana i ka lako meaʻai kūloko, a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻopukapuka ma Appalachia. ʻO 60-acre Morehead, Ky. hale o ka Hui i waena o nā mahiʻai nui i loko o ka US
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