Ke alakaʻi nei ʻo Western Growers i kahi Global Harvest Automation Initiative e hoʻolalelale i ka ʻohi ʻana ma waena o ka ʻoihana huahana hou, me ka pahuhopu e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka 50% o ka ʻohi i loko o 10 mau makahiki.
"No nā makahiki he ʻumi, ua hakakā kā mākou mau lālā me ka emi ʻana o nā limahana i loaʻa. Inā ʻaʻole mākou e hui pū ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana e hoʻopuka wikiwiki a maikaʻi hoʻi i nā ʻōnaehana automation no ka poʻe mahiʻai ma kēia ʻāina, e piʻi nui ana ka neʻe ʻana o nā hana huahana hou i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Western Growers Pelekikena a me CEO Dave Puglia ma. he hoopuka nūhou. "Ke kuhikuhi pololei nei ka Global Harvest Automation Initiative (GHAI) i kēia pilikia, a ʻo ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana o nā alakaʻi ʻoihana a me nā hoa hana i kēia hana he hōʻailona ikaika ia o kā mākou paʻa ʻana i ka holomua."
Aia ka hoʻolālā honua i kekahi mau papahana koʻikoʻi i hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i nā pilikia o ka ʻoihana ag i ka manawa like e kōkua ana i ka ʻohi ʻana i nā ʻoihana hoʻomaka automation e kālepa a hoʻonui i ka wikiwiki.
- Technology Stack: He pūʻulu palapala o nā ʻenehana loea e kōkua i nā mea hoʻomaka e hoʻohana i nā ʻāpana maʻamau o ka ʻoihana i hiki i kā lākou robots ke komo wikiwiki i nā māla a me nā mākeke.
- ʻO ka hui o ka ʻohi ʻana: E koho ʻia kahi pūʻulu o nā hoʻomaka automation e pili ana i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka ʻoihana e loaʻa i ke komo kūʻokoʻa i ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana e kōkua i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka ʻenehana i loko o kā lākou palapala alanui huahana, ka hoʻolālā no ke kākoʻo hele-i-market, nā hoʻokolohua kahua a me nā noiʻi hihia.
- Hōʻike Ka hopena: E hāʻawi ʻia kahi loiloi piha e pili ana i ka hopena o ka ʻohi ʻana i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai kūikawā i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma muli o nā ana mea kanu.
- ʻOhi ʻOhi Automation Traction Roadmap: E puunaue mau ʻia kahi papa inoa o nā hoʻomaka ʻohi ʻohi ʻana ma ke ʻano o nā mea kanu a me ka holomua ma ka mākeke.
E kūkulu ʻia ka ʻenehana ʻenehana e kahi hui o nā kumuhana kumuhana (SMEs) ma ag a me robotics:
- ʻO nā hui precision ag (Trimble, Bosch)
- nā mea hana hana mua a me nā hui kahua (Ramsay Highlander, Oxbow a me SPUDNIK)
- ʻO nā hui ʻenekinia AgTech (Milano Technical Group, All-Phase Agricultural Engineering, Red Rooster Engineering a me NWFM LLC)
- ʻO nā lālā WG i waena o nā mea mahiʻai nui a maikaʻi loa o ka honua i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻenehana hou (Grimmway Farms, Turlock Fruit Company, Church Brothers Farms, Superfresh Growers a me Illume Agriculture)
E kūkulu ka hui SME i kahi pūʻulu o nā loulou i kākau ʻia i hiki ai i nā mea hoʻomaka ke hoʻopili i nā mea hana tractor e like me John Deere, nā mea hana sensor e like me Bosch, nā mea hoʻokele hoʻokele e like me Trimble, a me nā hoa hana ʻē aʻe.
He hoa koʻikoʻi ka Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission (WTFRC) no WG i ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka GHAI ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā manaʻo no nā SMEs a me nā hoʻomaka ʻohi ʻohi me ka traction e pili ana i nā makahiki 52 o WTFRC o ka ʻike me ka hana hou ʻana i nā hua lāʻau. Eia hou, ua hāʻawi ʻo WTFRC i $200,000 i ke kālā ma mua o ʻekolu mau makahiki e kākoʻo i ka hoʻolālā GHAI holoʻokoʻa.
"Pono ka ʻoihana mahiʻai kūikawā e hana like i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka automation ohi ma o ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka wikiwiki o ka hana hou a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana," wahi a Ines Hanrahan, ka luna hoʻokele no WTFRC. "Ke kākoʻo ʻia nei ke kahua hoʻokokoke ʻo Western Growers e nā hoʻomaka a me nā ʻoihana ʻo ke ala maikaʻi loa i mua e hoʻokō hope ai i kēia pahuhopu."
Ua mālama ʻo WG i kahi hanana pilikino a me ka hanana virtual ma Pepeluali 11, 2021, ma Tulare, Calif., E hoʻolaha i ka hoʻolaha kūhelu o ka Global Harvest Automation Initiative. Hiki ke loaʻa nā kumuwaiwai a me nā ʻike kikoʻī e pili ana i ka GHAI ma ka WG Center for Innovation & Technology pūnaewele puni honua.