Ua hāʻawi ka National Science Foundation i kahi haʻawina kālā a hiki i $ 1 miliona. E lawelawe ʻia ma nā ʻāpana ʻelua i ka Harvest CROO Robotics, e kākoʻo ana i ka misionari o ke kahua e pane i ka pono o ka hana mahiʻai me ka ʻenehana.
Wahi a kahi nūhou, hāʻawi ka Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I i ka Harvest CROO $225,000 e hoʻohana i ka noiʻi hoʻomau a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka mea hou robotic strawberry picker.
"ʻOliʻoli loa mākou a hoʻohanohano ʻia i ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o ka SBIR Phase I hāʻawi," wahi a Mark Brown, CFO o Harvest CROO Robotics. "Ma muli o ka liʻiliʻi o nā ʻoihana e pili ana i ke kālā."
Ua hoʻouna ka hui ʻo Harvest CROO Robotics i kahi noi kikoʻī he 20 ʻaoʻao e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā e hoʻomohala i kahi kahua ʻohi strawberry kūʻokoʻa. Hoʻomaka ka Phase I i ka lā 15 o Kekemapa a e hoʻomau ʻia a hiki i ka lā 30 o Nowemapa. I kēlā manawa, e noiʻi a hoʻomohala ʻo Harvest CROO Robotics a hoʻomohala i nā lako polokalamu a me nā lako hana e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hui o nā subsystem robotic. ʻO ka pahuhopu ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka wikiwiki a me nā koi o ke kumukūʻai o kahi mea ʻohi strawberry robotic hiki ke kūʻai aku.
"Ke kōkua nei kēia hāʻawi manawaleʻa iā mākou e neʻe i ka papahana i mua," wahi a Gary Wishnatzki, ka mea hoʻokumu o Harvest CROO Robotics a me ka mea nona ka Wish Farms. "ʻO ka hana ʻana, ma ke kula, me ke kahua kelepona i kēia manawa strawberry e ʻae iā mākou e loiloi i nā hopena a hoʻomohala i nā hoʻomaikaʻi."
Ke hoʻomau nei ʻo Harvest CROO Robotics i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka ʻenehana hou loa no nā robotics mahiʻai. Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka prototype ʻohi strawberry i ʻekolu makahiki i hala aku nei ma ke ʻano he hopena kūpono i ka nele o ka hana o ka ʻoihana no ka ʻohi ʻana i nā strawberry. Hiki i ka prototype - i loko o kahi māla strawberry hana maoli - e ʻike, koho a ʻohi i nā strawberries pala wale nō me ka waiho ʻole ʻana i nā strawberries a me nā mea kanu ʻole. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia ʻenehana e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maikaʻi o nā hua i ʻohi ʻia, e hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu, a e hoʻonui i nā hua strawberry ma ka liʻiliʻi he 10 pakeneka. I ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka prototype i ke kau i hala, ʻo ka helu ʻohi ʻana he ʻewalu kekona no kēlā me kēia mea kanu. Me nā hoʻomaikaʻi hou aʻe i kēia kau, manaʻo ʻia e ʻoki ʻia i ka hapalua.
"E ʻae ka hāʻawi iā mākou e hoʻolimalima i nā limahana limahana kūpono," wahi a Brown. "E kōkua kēia iā mākou e hoʻoponopono maikaʻi i kekahi o nā pilikia ʻenehana hope loa o ka lawe ʻana i ka mea ʻohi i ka mākeke."
No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ka Harvest CROO Robotics, me nā manawa hoʻopukapuka, e kelepona info@harvestcroo.com Ai'ole e hele www.harvestcroorobotics.com.