ʻO ka hoʻopukapuka kālā, kahi hōʻiliʻili strawberry "kūʻai" nui a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoihoi o ka mea kanu e hoʻohui i kahi makahiki maikaʻi no Nā ʻenehana mahiʻai kiʻekiʻe (AFT).
ʻO ka hui ʻo T-6 robotic strawberry o ka hui ʻo Davis, Kaleponi, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mīkini liʻiliʻi i manaʻo nui ʻia e ka ʻoihana, ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o nā pilikia hana.
Hoʻomaopopo ʻokoʻa ka T-6 i nā hua ʻulaʻula a koho iā lākou me nā lima robotic ʻelua, ʻoiai e hoʻokele ke kanaka ma luna o nā moena strawberry i loko o ka lepo.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kyle Cobb, kekahi o nā mea hoʻokumu ʻehā o AFT, ua alakaʻi ka T-6 i kahi hōʻiliʻili kūʻai i ka makahiki i hala ma kahi mahiʻai 100-ʻeka ma ka ʻāina ʻo Santa Maria o Kaleponi. ʻO nā huakeke i ʻohi ʻia, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ua kūʻai ʻia i ka mākeke kūʻai.
'Oloka'a ka mea 'ohi ma luna o nā moena strawberry 48-56 'īniha ka laulā, a hiki ke ho'ololi no nā ki'eki'e like 'ole, wahi a Cobb. ʻO kahi ʻāpana nui o ka hana ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi paʻi palupalu no nā lima robotic.
"ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o kou noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ka hua me ka mālie a me ke akahele," wahi a Cobb.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, ʻoiai, "ke aʻo nei mākou i nā mea i kēlā me kēia lā." ʻO kekahi o nā pahuhopu no nā hiʻohiʻona e hiki mai ana, ʻo ia ka wehe ʻana i ka pono o kahi mea hoʻokele kanaka.
ʻAʻole kūʻai ʻia nā robots. I kēia manawa, hana ka mea ʻohi strawberry ma kahi ʻāpana. Hoʻokipa ka pūnaewele AFT i nā mea ulu e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hōʻike. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Cobb ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i ka wā e loaʻa nui ai ka ʻenehana i nā mea ulu.
Akā hiki ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo mua ʻia. I ka hopena o ke kauwela, loaʻa iā AFT he $7.5 miliona hoʻonui mai nā hoa hou, me ka lima hoʻopukapuka o Yamaha Motor, Kubota, Catapult Ventures a me Impact Venture Capital. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Nolan Paul, ka hoa a me ke alakaʻi agtech honua no Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley, ua makemake ka hui hoʻopukapuka o Yamaha i nā ʻenehana mea kanu kūikawā. Aia ka ʻike o Yamaha a me Kubota i ka hana nui. He pūʻulu robotics kā Yamaha a makemake nui i ka hoʻololi ʻana i kāna ʻoihana, kahi i hoʻopaʻa maʻamau i nā kaʻa kaʻa. ʻO kāna mau hoʻopukapuka ʻē aʻe a hiki i kēia lā ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka mea koho apple automated Abundant Robotics a me New Zealand-based RoboticsPlus, wahi a Paul.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka makemake o Yamaha i ka ʻenehana mahiʻai kūikawā ma ka manaʻo o nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu e lilo i mea kaulana i nā mea kūʻai aku, a me nā kumuwaiwai o kēlā me kēia ʻano - ka hana, ka ʻāina mahiʻai, ka meaʻai - ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi, wahi a Paul. ʻO ka hemahema o ka hana i kekahi manawa, he mau ʻeka hua ʻaʻole i ʻohi ʻia, a ʻo ka hana ʻana i ka strawberry, ʻoi aku ka pilikia i nā pilikia hana.
"Inā ʻoe i hele i waho e hoʻāʻo e ʻohi i nā strawberries, ʻo ia ka hana paʻakikī loa ma ka honua," wahi a Paul. “Aia ʻoe i waho i ka lā a pau, a ua kūlou ʻoe. Ke holo nei ʻoe i mua a i mua.
Ma kahi ʻāpana e hoʻemi i ka ʻoihana no ka poʻe limahana limahana mahiʻai, ua hoʻoneʻe kekahi mau mea kanu i nā mea kanu strawberry ma luna o nā kualono kiʻekiʻe, a i ʻole "papa papa." A ʻo ka hapa nui o nā hoʻonā robotics e pili ana i nā papa papa a i ʻole nā moena kiʻekiʻe.
Akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo Paul ua hoʻopukapuka ʻo Yamaha i ka AFT no ka mea "ʻo lākou kekahi o nā hui liʻiliʻi e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia i loko o ka lepo e kū'ē ana i nā ʻōnaehana papa ma waho o ka lepo."
"I kēia manawa, ma US ka ʻeka no ka lepo, e ʻōlelo wau, 99.9% o ka ʻeka," wahi āna. “Ma laila ka ʻeha. Hiki paha i ka US ke neʻe i ka papa papa (e ulu ana i ka strawberry), akā ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi; pono ke kālena hou aku. ʻO ka maʻalahi o ka ulu ʻana i loko o kahi papa papa - ʻaʻole i nele kēlā kolamu talena i ka US "
ʻO ka mea hoihoi ʻē aʻe o Yamaha iā AFT, ʻōlelo ʻo Paul ʻo ia ka hui paʻa paʻa ua hoʻopau i kahi papahana robotics ʻē aʻe. ʻO Greenbotics - kahi hoʻomaka me ka automation no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā panela solar nui - ua kūʻai ʻia e SunPower i 2013.
ʻO ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā lopako - e like me ka ʻohi ʻana i ka strawberry a me ka ulu ʻana i nā strawberry kalepa - he hana paʻakikī.
"Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e haʻahaʻa e pili ana i ka paʻakikī o ka lilo ʻana i mea ulu," wahi a Cobb. "He mea paʻakikī ke kūkulu ʻana i nā lako robotic a ke hui pū ʻoe i kēlā mau lima, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī a puni. Ke ho'āʻo nei mākou e haʻahaʻa no nā pilikia. Ke aʻo mau nei ʻoe a hoʻomaikaʻi. "
- ʻO Stephen Kloosterman, hoa hooponopono