ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka ʻenehana mahiʻai ʻo FarmWise ua wehe ʻo ia i kahi weeder mea kanu kūʻokoʻa i ʻōlelo ʻia hiki ke kōkua i nā mea kanu e hōʻemi i kā lākou hoʻohana herbicide a me ka hilinaʻi ʻana i ka hana.
Holo ka mīkini FarmWise ma luna o nā lālani, ʻike i nā nāhelehele i loko o ka lepo, ʻoki i ko lākou aʻa a hoʻolei iā lākou i waho o ka lālani me kahi hana e like me ke kanaka e hoʻohana ana i ka hoe, wahi a Sebastien Boyer, ka mea hoʻokumu a me Luna Nui o FarmWise. I kēia manawa, hoʻohana ʻia kekahi o nā mīkini ma kahi ʻāpana e kahi mea hoʻohana ma luna o ke kahua a me kahi "lawelawe teleoperation" mai kahi kikowaena kikowaena. Akā ke manaʻo nei ka ʻoihana e piʻi ana kāna mau mīkini i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka autonomy i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2019 i hiki i kahi mea hoʻohana ma ke kahua ke nānā aku ma mua o hoʻokahi o nā mīkini.
ʻO ka mīkini ʻo FarmWise - ma kahi ninaninau, ʻōlelo ʻo Boyer ʻaʻole lākou i kapa ʻia he robot - ua hoʻāʻo maikaʻi ʻia ma 2018 ma ke awāwa ʻo Salinas a me Santa Maria ma o ka pilina o ka hui me ka Western Growers Association. ʻElua o nā mīkini i kēia manawa ke hoʻohana ʻia nei ma nā māla letus a me ka pua puaʻa i kēlā me kēia pule, a ke lawe nei ka pūnaewele hui i nā kauoha mua mai nā mea kanu mea kanu i makemake e komo i ka laina.
ʻO ka hopohopo i ka nui o nā mea kanu mea kanu, ʻo ia ka mauʻu i hiki i ka wā lōʻihi ke hoʻomohala i ke kūʻē ʻana i nā herbicides, ka ulu nui ʻana o nā kumukūʻai hana a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hui weeding. Ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi e ka California Farm Bureau ma 2017 i ʻehiku o 10 mau mea mahiʻai e hoʻolimalima ana i nā limahana hana ma Kaleponi i hōʻike i kahi hemahema o ka hana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Boyer i kēia manawa ke hoʻolālā nei lākou e kūʻai aku i nā lawelawe weeding o ka mīkini ma mua o ka mīkini ponoʻī. Ua hōʻole ʻo ia e hāʻawi i kahi kumukūʻai no nā lawelawe weeding, i ʻōlelo ʻia e hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia ma muli o kekahi mau ʻano.
"ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi helu pololei," wahi āna. "ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu ka hoʻokūkū me nā kaʻina hana o kēia manawa. No laila, ʻo ka mea a mākou e hoʻāʻo nei e hana ma ʻaneʻi, ʻo ia ka mālama ʻana i ke kālā o nā mea kanu ma kā lākou mau ʻeka mua loa a lākou e hoʻohana nei i nā mīkini, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻo kā mākou kumukūʻai no kēlā me kēia ʻeka he hoʻokūkū, a ʻo ka hapa nui o ka manawa ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o kā lākou e ʻike nei i kēia manawa.
E kūkulu ka mea hana kaʻa Detroit i ka "hanauna hou" o FarmWise's Machines i ka makahiki 2019, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i ʻōlelo pololei ʻo Boyer i ka nui o nā mea e kūkulu ʻia.
"E hoʻomaka mākou i kahi kaʻina hana o nā mīkini ma ke ʻano maʻamau," wahi āna. "E kūkulu mākou iā lākou a hoʻonoho iā lākou e hoʻomaka ana i ka hopena o ke kauwela 2019."
I ka wā mua, loaʻa nā mīkini i nā mea kanu mea kanu nui mai Kaleponi.
"Ke paipai nei mākou a me ka hoʻonohonoho mua ʻana i nā mea ulu i hiki ke hoʻohui iā ia i loko o kā lākou workflow a kōkua iā mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi nui i kēlā mīkini," wahi āna. "Ke nānā nei mākou i nā mea kanu mea kanu, nā poʻe e ulu ana i nā brassicas, nā lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ka letus, ka puaʻa, kāpeti, broccoli, celery - kēlā ʻano mea kanu, ʻo ia kā mākou pahuhopu mua i kēia manawa. I ka wā lōʻihi, manaʻo mākou i ka hoʻohana like ʻana, e hiki ke hana i nā mea kanu hou aʻe, inā he strawberries, kēlā mau ʻano mea kanu, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻano mea kanu.
Ma ke ʻano he hoʻomaka, ua hauʻoli ʻo FarmWise i ke kākoʻo a me ka ʻike ʻia mai ka ʻoihana mahiʻai a me nā ʻenehana no kekahi manawa. Ua kākoʻo kālā ka Western Growers 'Center for Innovation and Technology iā FarmWise a hoʻonoho iā ia ma ke ʻano he hoʻomaka-i-noho ma 2017. ʻO ka hui kahi ʻāpana o Lemnos a me THRIVE accelerator papahana. I Dekemaba 2017, ua loaʻa iā ia he $5.7 miliona o ke kālā huaʻai mai kahi hui o nā mea hoʻopukapuka i alakaʻi ʻia e ka ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻoihana ʻo Playground.
ʻO ke kuhina nui o Salinas ʻo Dennis Donohue, ʻo ia ka luna o Ke kikowaena o nā mea ulu o ke komohana no ka hana hou a me ka ʻenehana, i ʻōlelo ʻia i loko o kahi hoʻokuʻu e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana o FarmWise i ka naʻauao hana.
"ʻO ka koho a FarmWise e hoʻohana i nā algorithms Al a hoʻololi iā lākou i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai e hiki ai i hoʻokahi mīkini ke hana ma ka hapa nui o nā māla mahiʻai mai ka letus a hiki i kāloti, broccoli a pēlā aku kahi mea i ʻike ʻole ʻia ma mua mai ka wā i hana ʻia ai ka tractor. i ka hapa mua o ke kenekulia 20," wahi āna.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Boyer, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia a me ka mea hoʻokumu ʻo Thomas Palomares i ka ʻoihana me ka manaʻo o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mīkini kūʻokoʻa e mahiʻai i kēlā me kēia mea kanu no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka waiwai maikaʻi o ka mahiʻai a me ke ʻano olakino.
"Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou i nā robotics a me AI hiki ke kōkua i nā mea ulu," wahi āna.