O 'au e mafai ona fa'avavevave fa'ateteleina fa'ato'aga fa'ato'aga ua filifilia e faifa'ato'aga ma tekinolosi e 'auai i le ulua'i vaega o le Global Harvest Automation Initiative.
Ua filifilia e Western Growers le 13 innovators mo le faʻauluuluga o lana Global Harvest Automation Initiative (GHAI), o se poloketi suatia le eleele e faʻamoemoe e faʻatometi le 50 pasene o seleselega faʻapitoa i totonu o le 10 tausaga e ala i le faʻavaveina o faʻatauga o mea fou o le seleselega.
O kamupani ua filifilia mo le vaega e faʻapitoa uma i faʻatoʻaga robotics, masini ma masini ma o le a maua ni punaoa faʻapitoa e fesoasoani ia i latou e faʻalauiloa ma fua. E aofia ai le 1) Fa'atonu (lagolago lagolago mai kamupani ta'ita'i ag ma tekonolosi, e aofia ai fa'amatalaga i ofo oloa, fuafuaga ma filifiliga alu-i-maketi); 2) Fa'amasinoga Fa'ato'aga (fa'afaigofieina o fa'ata'ita'iga fa'ato'aga ma le au faifa'ato'aga); ma 3) Tulaga Su'esu'ega (manuia o fa'ata'ita'iga fa'ato'aga o le a fa'asalalauina o ni fa'ata'ita'iga su'esu'ega o le a avanoa mo faifa'ato'aga). O le mea pito sili ona taua, o le a maua e le 'au fa'atasi le tu'ufa'atasia o faiga e tu'ufa'atasia ai vaega fa'apitoa tau alamanuia (ta'ua o fa'aputuga tekonolosi) i totonu o la latou fa'afanua auala oloa ina ia mafai ai e a latou robots ona o'o vave atu i fanua ma maketi.
“O le tele o fa'ato'aga fa'atosina e fausia uma lava le fa'aputugā tekonolosi - mai ata ma fa'ata'ita'iga fa'apitoa i robotic end-effectors ma fa'aautomatika feoaiga i luga ma lalo o le fanua. Western Growers 'Global Harvest Automation Initiative o le a fausia nei lenei faaputuga tekinolosi mo i latou, "o le tala lea a Walt Duflock, sui peresitene o mea fou i Western Growers. "O tagata fou i totonu o lenei vaega o ni amataga ma kamupani faʻavae o le a maua le fesoasoani e tuʻufaʻatasia faʻatasi ma alalaupapa faʻatauvaʻa, robot lima ma masini, lea e mafai ona faʻaogaina e oʻo atu i le 60-80% o le faʻaputuga tekonolosi a le amataga."
O lo'o taua i lalo kamupani fa'afouga ua filifilia e maua le lagolago lima mo vaega uma oa latou pisinisi mo le fa'avavevave o le fa'ateleina:
- Fa'atekonolosi Fa'ato'aga Maualuga: tu'uina atu meafaigaluega fa'ato'aga fa'ato'aga, e pei o robots otometi otometi le seleseleina o fuala'au, mo auaunaga o le seleselega
- Antobot: fausia se 'au o tama'i masini fa'ato'aga fa'ato'aga fa'atasi ai ma va'aiga mamao fa'akomepiuta ma tekonolosi fa'atekonolosi
- Augean Robotics: fesoasoani e foia le faafitauli o tagata faigaluega o loʻo feagai ma faifaatoʻaga e ala i le faia o robots galulue faʻatasi
- Earth Rover: faia robots fa'ato'aga e fa'autometi ai su'esu'ega, seleselega ma vele, ma tu'uina atu i faifa'ato'aga fa'amaumauga ta'itasi mai le fatu i le faitoto'a.
- Faatoʻaga: fa'atulagaina ni ta'avale e leai ni ta'avale e fa'aaoga ai masini a'oa'oina ma le va'aiga fa'akomepiuta, nai lo vaila'au, e tape ai vao mai fanua a faifa'ato'aga.
- FFRobotics: atia'e se tulaga fa'atuatuaina, malosi o le seleselega e fa'ata'ita'i le faiga o le tauina o lima o tagata mo le lelei, taugofie ma leai se toto'a
- Masini palapala: fausia se tupulaga fou o robots fanua e fesoasoani i le au faifaatoʻaga e pulea fualaʻau faʻatoʻaga e ala i le faʻatinoina o galuega i le fanua
- Oxbo International Corporation: mamanu, gaosia ma tufatufaina mea fou o le seleselega ma oloa fa'atatau
- Ramsay Highlander: uluai gaosiga o mea faigaluega ma tu'ufa'atasiga tu'ufa'atasia o fesoasoani fau-fausiaina o le seleselega, masini fa'ainisinia ma masini fa'apitoa mo le seleselega mo le gaosiga o fualaau faisua.
- Robotics matua: fau ma pulea robots e tau ai fuala'au 'aina
- Robotics Plus: mafai ai ona fa'atupula'ia le fa'atupuina o fa'ato'aga fa'ato'aga ma fibre e ala i robotics ma masini
- SPUDNIK Equipment Company LLC: gaosia le seleselega o pateta ma le taulimaina o meafaigaluega
- Strio AI: otometi galuega mamafa mo le au faifaatoʻaga faʻapitoa, amata ile tipiina o strawberries
Na filifilia tagata fa'afou ta'itasi e fa'atatau i le malosi o le maketi ma le gafatia mo le fua fa'amanuiaina fa'apea fo'i fa'amatalaga mai sui o le Western Grower ma vaega o alamanuia, e aofia ai le Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission.
GHAI Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), o se vaega o loʻo i ai le tomai i le saʻo ag, robotics, atamai faʻapitoa, gaosiga o meafaigaluega, otometi o le seleselega ma le faʻatoʻaga / faʻatau oloa, o le a galulue faʻatasi ma le vaega i luga o mea e ave i ai le faamuamua e mafai ona faatelevaveina a latou taumafaiga tau atinaʻe.
O SMEs e fa'apea:
- Trimble: Mike Dentinger (Vaega 1 Poloketi Pulega) fa'atasi ai ma le fa Trimble SME's
- Bosch i Amerika i Matu: Andreas Fuchs, Fabian Henrici
- Oxbo International Corporation: Kathryn Van Weerdhuizen, Scott Korthuis (litae), Chris Schloesser (litaea)
- Spudnik Equipment Company LLC: David Offerdahl, Evan Steel
- Ramsay Highlander: Frank Maconachy, Greg Weisenfeld
- Driscoll's (muamua): Michael Christensen
- NWFM LLC: Keith Veselka
- Faufautua Rooster: Scott Jacky
- ProMach: Don Wickstrum
- Milano Technical Group: Dominic Milano, Soumya Datta
- All-Phase Co: Ken Hite
- Grimmway Farms: Jeff Morrison
- Kamupani Fua Turlock: Neill Callis
- Faatoaga a Uso Ekalesia: Josh Ruiz
- Ilume Agriculture: Kevin Andrew
- Superfresh Growers: Mike Van Pelt
O punaoa ma fa'amatalaga auiliili e uiga i le GHAI e mafai ona maua i luga o le WG Center for Innovation & Technology webpage iinei.
E uiga i Western Growers:
Faavaeina i 1926, Tagata Faatoaga i Sisifo o lo'o fai ma sui o faifa'ato'aga fa'apitonu'u ma fa'aitulagi o lo'o fa'atupuina fa'ato'aga fou i Arizona, Kalefonia, Colorado ma Niu Mekisiko. O o tatou tagata ma a latou tagata faigaluega e sili atu i le afa o fualaau aina fou a le atunuu, fualaau faisua ma fatu laau, e aofia ai le toeitiiti atoa le afa o fualaʻau faʻaola fou a Amerika. O nisi o le au paia e fai faatoaga i le Iunaite Setete atoa ma isi atunuu ina ia maua e tagata le avanoa i le tausaga atoa i meaai paleni. Mo augatupulaga, ua matou saunia filifiliga eseese ma maloloina mo tagata faʻatau.