Davis, California-based Advanced Farm Technologies Inc., bahlahisi ba theknoloji ea liroboto bakeng sa lihoai, ba phatlalalitse Sept.21 hore e phethetse letoto la matsete a B ho bokella $ 25 milione ho ts'ehetsa kholo ea k'hamphani ho kotuloeng ha fragola le ho ikamahanya le theknoloji ea eona ho kotuloa liapole. .
Letoto la lithuso la lichelete la Series B le ne le etelletsoe pele ke Catapult Ventures mme le kenyelelitse batseteli bohle ba Series A: Kubota Corporation, Yamaha Motor Corp., le Impact Ventures.
“Hoa thabisa ho ba le tšehetso le boitlamo bo tsoelang pele ho tsoa ho bo-ramatsete ba rona ba pele molemong ona oa lichelete. E bonts'a mosebetsi o boima oa sehlopha sa rona ho nts'etsapele le ho tlisa TX Strawberry Harvester 'marakeng," Kyle Cobb, mopresidente le mothehi-'moho oa Advanced Farm Technologies, o boletse phatlalatsong ea litaba. "Katleho ea rona e boetse e le bopaki ho balekane ba rona ba balemi ba fragole le liapole ba sebetsang le rona ho fumana mekhoa e metle ea ho hlahisa li-automation masimong a bona kajeno ha ba ntse ba re fa maikutlo ao re a hlokang ho pheta-pheta le ho ntlafatsa theknoloji."
E etselitsoe ho sebetsa 'moho le basebetsi ba kotulong ka letsoho, Advanced Farm TX Robotic Strawberry Harvester e khona ho utloa le ho khetha litholoana tse khubelu tse butsoitseng libetheng tsa fragola ka har'a mobu ka theknoloji e bonolo, ea boemo ba lijo. Mochini o entsoeng ka morero o na le liroboto tse ngata, tse matsutla-tsutla tse khonang ho mamella maemo a thata a kantle, a mobung a nang le pono e tsoetseng pele ea khomphutha le theknoloji ea ho ithuta ka mochini ho tsamaisa masimo le ho kotula litholoana ka boikemelo ho fihlela lihora tse 24 ka letsatsi. Katleho ea pele ea 'maraka ea TX Robotic Strawberry Harvester ke tharollo e ts'episang bakeng sa indasteri ea fragola le ea liapole tse tobaneng le mathata a phepelo ea basebetsi.
"Sehlopha sa Advanced Farm se bontšitse taeo e kholo ka ho bokella chelete ea pejana, ho etsa hore lidolara tse limilione tse 10 li tsamaee hole haholo ho nts'etsopele le ho rekisa theknoloji ea eona kapele le ho theha motheo o hlokahalang ho ea 'marakeng," ho boletse Rouz Jazayeri, Managing Partner of Catapult Ventures. "Ka nako ena ea morao-rao ea matsete, k'hamphani e ka eketsa sehlopha sa eona le theknoloji ea liroboto, ka sepheo sa ho holisa karolo ea 'maraka le ho fetola theknoloji ea eona bakeng sa lijalo tse ncha, ho phethahatsa tšepiso ea ho kotula ka boiketsetso bakeng sa temo ea lekholong la bo21 la lilemo."
Ka ho romela likepe tsa eona tsa TX Robotic Strawberry Harvester ho sebetsa masimong a litsi tse kholo tsa tlhahiso ea fragola California, Advanced Farm e thusitse balemi ba etelletseng pele lefatšeng ka bophara ho kenyelletsa GoodFarms, The Oppenheimer Group (Oppy), le Naturipe ho tlisa mashome a likete a liponto tsa. litholoana tse ncha tse rekisoang.
"Re lehlohonolo ho ba le monyetla oa ho sebetsa le ba hloahloa indastering ea rona le ho tsoela pele ho khahloa ke mokhoa o sebetsang oa Advanced Farm - sehlopha se netefalitsoeng se ipapisitseng le katleho ea bona ea nakong e fetileng ho tlisa tharollo ea boits'oaro bo sebetsang temong. ,” ho boletse Dave Murray, Molekane ho GoodFarms. "Ho iketsetsa kotulo ea rona ka Advanced Farm TX Robotic Strawberry Harvester ho re thusa ho sebeletsa bareki ba rona, ho re fa monyetla oa ho tšehetsa basebetsi ba rona ba mapolasi hamolemo, le ho atolosa ts'ebetso ho fihlela tlhoko ea bareki ea litholoana tse ncha tsa boleng bo holimo, tse theko e tlaase."
Advanced Farm Technologies e hlahisa theknoloji ea liroboto bakeng sa lihoai. Ka selemo sa 2019, Advanced Farm e bile k'hamphani ea pele ea Amerika ho rekisa kotulo ea fragola ka liroboto, e tlisa litholoana tse ncha 'marakeng e sebelisa sethala sa eona sa boqapi sa T-6 se etselitsoeng libethe tse lenngoeng mobung.
Ka boitlamo ba bareki bo fetang $70 milione, Advanced Farm e sebeletsa ho nchafatsa theknoloji ea eona ka tšebelisano 'moho, ho kenyeletsoa le lenaneo la ho ikatisa la UC Davis, ho nts'etsapele tharollo e felletseng ea ho kotula fragola tšimong ho tloha ho khang ho ea ho ho hlopha le ho paka. .
Advanced Farm Technologies ke k'hamphani e ikemetseng e thehiloeng Davis, Calif. Bakeng sa tlhaiso-leseling e batsi, etela mona.
TX Robotic Mokotuli oa Lihlahla. Senepe: Advanced Farm Technologies