Ke ʻohi ʻia nei nā ʻohi strawberry ma nā ʻāina koho o Kaleponi a me Florida, ʻoiai ua lilo nā robots i mea kūʻai aku a emi ʻole ka hoʻokolohua.
Ua alakaʻi ʻo California Polytechnical University's Strawberry Center i ka hopena o ʻAukake i kahi lā kula virtual me nā mea hou i nā lako. ʻAʻole ia e pili ana i nā lopako; ʻO nā hōʻike mai ka poʻe noiʻi e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā no ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka lygus bug vacuums a me nā mea hana no ke kuʻi ʻana i nā lua transplant i loko o nā uhi moena plastik.
"I kēia manawa, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea kanu strawberry i ka ʻenehana no ka hoʻonā ʻana, wahi a ka mea noiʻi ʻo John Lin, ke poʻo i nā papahana robotics no ka Strawberry Center.
Ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka lā kula i nā mea hou o nā papahana ʻohi strawberry mai nā ʻoihana ʻekolu: Advanced.farm, Harvest CROO a me Traptic. Eia kekahi mau mea hou no kēlā mau mea ʻohi ʻekolu, ma ka ʻōlelo a kā lākou mea hoʻomohala:
ʻOhi CROO
Ma hope o kekahi mau makahiki o ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ke manaʻo nei ka pūʻulu hoʻopukapuka i alakaʻi ʻia e Gary Wishnatzki o Wish Farms e komo koke kāna Harvest CROO robot i nā ʻohi ʻoihana.
"ʻO kā mākou manaʻolana e ʻohi mākou i nā hua hou i kēia kau e hiki mai ana me ka prototype i loaʻa iā mākou," wahi a Wishnatzki i ka Vegetable Growers News. "Ua hana mākou i kahi ʻohi pāʻoihana no nā hua i hoʻoponopono ʻia i ka makahiki i hala, ma kahi pānaʻi liʻiliʻi, akā ko mākou manaʻolana e hana nui mākou i kēia kau e hiki mai ana."
Inā maikaʻi kaʻohiʻana, hoʻolālā ka hui e kūkulu i kahi'auwaʻa liʻiliʻi o nā mīkini no ka makahiki e hiki mai ana a hoʻomaka i ke kālepaʻana i ka huahana, wahi āna.
ʻO ia ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka hoa hoʻokele o Harvest CROO Robotics, aia i kēia manawa nā hoʻopukapuka kālā mai nā hōʻailona ma waena o ka ʻoihana, e like me Driscoll's, Naturipe a me ka hui huahana packaging Sonoco. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Wishnaki e hōʻike ana nā mea hoʻopukapuka ma kahi o 70% o ka ʻoihana strawberry US, me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ke kuleana pilikino.
"He hana hui like ia," wahi āna. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻia ka Harvest CROO ma G&D Farms, kahi mahiʻai strawberry 600-acre Florida nona ka Wishnatzki.
Aia kekahi mau ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka Harvest CROO a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe, wahi a Wishnatzki. ʻO ka mua, ua kūkulu ʻia ka Harvest CROO, e like me Traptic a Advanced.farm, e ʻohi i nā māla strawberry maʻamau i maʻamau no nā mea kanu US, aʻo nā mea hoʻomohala ʻē aʻe e ʻimi ana i nā robotics me nā ʻōnaehana ulu i hoʻololi ʻia e like me nā moena kiʻekiʻe.
"Ke hana wale nei kēlā mau ʻōnaehana inā hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai aku i nā hua no ke kumu kūʻai ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o ka hiki iā mākou ke kūʻai aku i nā hua," wahi a Wishnatzki. ʻO ka lua, ʻoiai e wehewehe ana kekahi mau pūʻulu i kā lākou mau papahana ma ke ʻano he "kōkua hōʻiliʻili," ke hoʻāʻo nei kāna hui e hoʻohālikelike i ke ʻano o ke kanaka.
"Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e hana i kahi e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai mākou i nā hua he nui e like me nā mea ʻohi kanaka," wahi a Wishnatzki. Ke kūkulu ʻia nei ka Harvest CROO me kahi ʻōnaehana no ka wehe ʻana i nā hua ʻino. "Ua nīnau koke mai kekahi iaʻu, i ka manawa hea wau e haʻi aku ai i ka holomua no kēia, a ʻōlelo wau, 'I ka wā e like ai mākou me nā kānaka.' A ke ʻike nei mākou i kahi ala i kēia manawa. Me kēia mau hana hoʻoponopono a mākou e hana nei i kēia kauwela, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au e loaʻa iā mākou ke kūlike me nā kānaka, no laila he koi nui ia, ke hiki iā mākou ke hana i kēlā. ʻAʻole naʻe mākou ma laila, akā ʻike mākou i ke ala e hiki ai i… hiki i laila i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Kūkulu ʻia no nā moena ʻano Florida a me ka ʻākau o Kaleponi, holo ʻo Harvest CROO i ʻehā mau moena ākea.
"Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kahi mea kanu ma kahi o 8 kekona - ʻo ia ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ʻekolu mau hua mai ka mea kanu," wahi a Wishnatzki. “A ʻo ka lopako ponoʻī he 16 mau poʻo robotic ... ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe nei mākou i 16 mau mea kanu ma kahi o 8 kekona.
Paipai ʻia ka poʻe mea ulu i ka papahana e kipa i ka harvestcroo.com.
Advanced.farm
Ua hāʻawi ka mea hoʻokumu ʻo Advanced.farm ʻo Kyle Cobb i ka mea hou i kākau ʻia i ka Vegetable Growers News:
"E like me kāu e ʻike ai, ua pani mākou i kahi $ 7.5 miliona Series A puni ʻo ʻAukake 2019 me Yamaha a me Kubota ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi alakaʻi, e hui pū ana i kā mākou mea hoʻopukapuka hua mua, Catapult Ventures a me Impact Ventures. I kēlā manawa, ke holo nei mākou i nā huelo mai ka wā lanakila o ka ʻohi ʻana me kā mākou 'T6' prototype, he tractor semi-autonomous me ʻeono mau lima robotic i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka ʻohi ʻana i ka strawberry i loko o ka lepo. Me ka T6, ua lilo mākou i hui mua e kūʻai aku i nā strawberry i koho ʻia i loko o ke kahawai kūʻai kūʻai hou.
"I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua kūkulu mākou i kēia manawa e lilo i alakaʻi i ka hōʻiliʻili robotic. Ua hoʻolālā mākou i kā mākou mau mea hōʻiliʻili strawberry robotic TX hou i hoʻolālā ʻia ma nā ʻāina ulu nui ʻekolu ma Kaleponi (Oxnard, Santa Maria a me Salinas/Watsonville), a ua hana pū mākou me nā mea hoʻokele waiwai alakaʻi e like me GoodFarms. Ke hana pū nei mākou me kā mākou mau hoa mahi ulu, ʻohi mākou i nā haneli mau paona hua i kēlā me kēia lā i ka manawa i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lako hana. E hoʻomau mākou i ka hana pū me GoodFarms a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i ka hana o ke kahua a me ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kā mākou hana ʻenehana (ʻae, aia kekahi mau pōpoki e hana ai!).
“Ua ʻike mākou ʻo kā mākou kūleʻa e pili ana i ka kūleʻa o nā mea ulu. Hoʻolālā ʻia kā mākou mau mea hana e hana pono - ke noʻonoʻo nei mākou i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā protocols palekana meaʻai, maʻalahi o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā mea hana hou a me ka maʻalahi o ka mālama ʻana - a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hiki ke uku. Loaʻa iā mākou kahi hiʻohiʻona pāʻoihana maʻalahi e hiki ai i nā mea ulu ke hoʻolimalima i nā lako (me kā mākou hui e hoʻolako i ka mālama a me ke kākoʻo) a i ʻole e koho i kahi hiʻohiʻona uku uku. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hoʻokokoke ʻana i nā pilikia a mākou e kū nei me ka haʻahaʻa, e hana pū ana me ka poʻohiwi me kā mākou mau hoa ulu e hana i nā hoʻomaikaʻi e like me ka hiki iā mākou ke lawe koke i kahi huahana i ka mākeke.
"ʻO kekahi o nā ʻano o kā mākou hana a mākou e hauʻoli nui nei, ʻo kā mākou advanced.jobs initiative, e wehewehe ana i nā ala nui ʻelua e hana nei mākou me kā mākou mau hoa ulu e hana i ka loli maikaʻi i ka limahana mahiʻai: 1) ma ke kūkulu ʻana i nā robots e hoʻoponopono. nā hana koʻikoʻi e kū nei i nā kānaka i kēia lā, a me 2) ma ke aʻo ʻana i ka limahana mahiʻai me nā mākau e pono ai ke kākoʻo i nā hana o ka hanauna hou o nā lako mahiʻai. Hoʻokipa ʻia nā mea kanu e heluhelu hou e pili ana i kēia, a me kā mākou mau kumu alakaʻi ʻē aʻe, ma kā mākou pūnaewele, www.advanced.farm.
"Hoʻokipa mau mākou i nā demos ma ke kula, a e hoʻokipa mākou i nā mea ulu makemake e leka uila iā mākou ma info@advanced.farm."
Traptic
ʻO kekahi hui i kono ʻia i ka lā kula ʻo Traptic, nona nā mea hoʻopukapuka e komo pū me Homebrew Ventures, K9 Ventures a me Sinovation Ventures, e like me ka pūnaewele o Traptic.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Traptic co-founder a me Luna Nui ʻo Lewis Anderson i kahi hōʻike pōkole i ka wā o ka lā kula e loaʻa i ka ʻōnaehana kahi patented gripper, kahi ʻōnaehana ʻike akamai a me kahi kaiapuni robotic lōʻihi.
ʻO Traptic's robot kahi mīkini o kekahi ʻike, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia.
"Ua hōʻike mākou ua hiki i kēia ʻōnaehana ke ʻohi i nā hua ma ke ʻano kiʻekiʻe loa," wahi a Anderson. “Aia mākou i ka makahiki ʻelima o kā mākou hana kahua, a ʻo ka mea nui loa, ua holo mākou i kēlā me kēia lā no nā makahiki he 1.5 i hala. Ua hōʻike mākou i ka hiki ke holo i nā lā a pau, i kēlā me kēia lā, no ka manawa lōʻihi. Ke ʻohi mau nei mākou i nā hua. Ua hoʻāʻo mākou i kēlā me kēia manawa o ka makahiki, kēlā me kēia kūlana kahua, Ua hoʻāʻo mākou i nā ʻano mea kanu like ʻole, kēlā me kēia wahi ʻāina. Ua hoʻāʻo mākou i ke kau mua, ke kau waena, ke kau hope. Ua hele mākou ma Oxnard a hiki i ka hopena o Mei. Ua hele mākou ma Watsonville a hiki i ka hopena o Kepakemapa. A ʻo ka mea nui loa, ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi ala e hōʻiliʻili ai i kēlā me kēia hua ma ka pā holoholona no ka uku like a i ʻole ka haʻahaʻa ma mua o ka mea āu e uku nei i kēia manawa, a ma ke ʻano e hoʻonui ai i kāu hua holoʻokoʻa.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Anderson e hoʻonui ana ka hui i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā robots.
"Ke hoʻomaka koke nei mākou i nā hoʻolaha nui, no laila inā he mea ulu ʻoe, e hele mai e kamaʻilio me mākou e pili ana i ka hana ʻana i kahi ʻoihana," wahi āna. “Ke loaʻa nei iā mākou ka hoihoi nui a makemake mākou e hoʻokomo iā ʻoe i loko. E hele mai e kamaʻilio me aʻu e pili ana i ke ʻano e hiki ai iā mākou ke ʻohi i kēlā me kēia hua ma kāu hana holoholona, no nā kumukūʻai paʻa no ka pā."
Paipai ʻia nā mea ulu e hoʻopili i ka hui ma Lewis@Traptic.com a i ʻole 760-845-8171, ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
- ʻO Stephen Kloosterman, hoa hooponopono