Davis, California-based Advanced Farm Technologies Inc., developers of robotic technology for faifaatoaga, na faasilasila mai ia Setema 21 ua maeʻa le faasologa B o tupe teufaafaigaluega e siitia ai le $ 25 miliona e lagolago ai le tuputupu aʻe o le kamupani i le seleselega o vine ma le fetuunaiga o ana tekinolosi i le seleseleina o apu. .
O le ta'amilosaga fa'atupeina o le Series B sa ta'ita'ia e Catapult Ventures ma aofia uma ai le aufaipisinisi a le Series A: Kubota Corporation, Yamaha Motor Corp., ma Impact Ventures.
“O se fiafiaga le i ai o le lagolago faifaipea ma le tautinoga mai a tatou uluai aufaipisinisi i lenei taamilosaga faatupeina. E atagia uma ai le galulue malosi a le matou 'au e atiaʻe ma aumai le matou TX Strawberry Harvester i le maketi, "o le tala lea a Kyle Cobb, peresitene, ma le faʻavaeina o Advanced Farm Technologies, i se tala fou. "O lo matou manuia o se molimau foi lea i a matou paʻaga fai strawberries ma apu o loʻo galulue faʻatasi ma i matou e suʻe ni auala fatufatuaʻi e faʻafeiloaʻi ai le masini i totonu o latou lafumanu i aso nei aʻo tuʻuina mai ia i matou manatu matou te manaʻomia e vave faʻaleleia ma faʻaleleia tekinolosi."
Fuafua e galulue fa'atasi ma le auva'a o le seleselega, o le Advanced Farm TX Robotic Strawberry Harvester e otometi lava ona lagona ma pikiina fua mumu, fua matua mai i totonu o le palapala, fa'atekonolosi fa'apipi'i mea'ai. O le masini faufau fau e aofia ai le tele o robots gaoa e mafai ona tatalia le faigata o fafo, i totonu o le eleele tulaga faʻapitoa faʻamatalaga komepiuta ma masini aʻoaʻoga tekinolosi e faʻatautaia fanua ma selesele fua fualaʻau autonomously oʻo atu i le 24 itula i le aso. O le manuia muamua o maketi o le TX Robotic Strawberry Harvester o se fofo lelei mo le fuala'au ma apu alamanuia o lo'o feagai ma lu'itau tu'uina atu o tagata faigaluega.
"O le au a le Advanced Farm na faʻaalia le tele o le amio pulea i le sailiga tupe muamua, ma faia ai le $ 10 miliona e alu i se auala umi i le atinaʻeina ma le faʻatau pisinisi vave o ana tekinolosi ma fausia ai le faavae e manaʻomia e alu ai i maketi," o le tala lea a Rouz Jazayeri, Managing Partner of Catapult Ventures. "Faatasi ai ma lenei taamilosaga fou o tupe teufaafaigaluega, e mafai e le kamupani ona fuaina lana 'au ma robotic technology, ma le mata i le faʻalauteleina o sea maketi ma fetuutuunai ana tekinolosi mo fualaʻau fou, e faʻataunuʻu ai le folafolaga o le seleseleina otometi mo le 21st-century farming."
O le fa'atulagaina o ana va'a TX Robotic Strawberry Harvester e galulue i fa'ato'aga i nofoaga tetele e gaosia ai fuala'au o Kalefonia, ua fesoasoani ai le Advanced Farm i le au faifa'ato'aga ta'uta'ua i le lalolagi e aofia ai GoodFarms, The Oppenheimer Group (Oppy), ma Naturipe e aumai le fiasefulu afe pauna o. fualaau aina fou i le maketi.
“Matou te manuia i le maua o le avanoa e galulue ai ma le sili i la matou pisinisi ma faʻaauau pea ona faʻafiafiaina i le faʻatinoina, faʻaogaina limalima a Advanced Farm - o se 'au faʻamaonia o loʻo faʻavaeina i luga o lo latou manuia talu ai e aumaia ni fofo faʻaautomatika aoga i faʻatoʻaga. ,” o le tala lea a Dave Murray, Paaga i GoodFarms. “O le otometi a matou seleselega ma le Advanced Farm TX Robotic Strawberry Harvester e fesoasoani ia i matou e tautuaina a matou tagata faʻatau, faʻatagaina i matou e lagolago atili a matou tagata faifaatoaga, ma faʻalauteleina galuega e faʻafetaui ai le manaʻoga o tagata faʻatau mo fualaʻau fou e sili ona lelei, taugofie.
Advanced Farm Technologies e atiaʻe tekinolosi faʻatekonolosi mo faifaatoʻaga. I le 2019, na avea ai le Advanced Farm ma kamupani muamua a Amerika na faʻatauina le seleselega o fualaʻau robotic, aumai fualaʻau fou i maketi e faʻaaoga ai lona fausaga fou T-6 ua faʻatulagaina faapitoa mo moega toto.
Faatasi ai ma le sili atu i le $70 miliona i tautinoga a tagata faatau, o loʻo galue le Advanced Farm e faʻafouina ana tekinolosi e ala i faiga faʻapaʻaga faʻatasi, e aofia ai le tasi ma le UC Davis polokalame faʻatupuina, e atiaʻe ai se alaleo atoa o fofo faʻapitoa mo le seleseleina o fualaʻau i totonu o le fanua mai le pikiina ma le faʻapipiʻiina. .
Advanced Farm Technologies ose kamupani tumaoti e fa'avae i Davis, Calif. Mo nisi fa'amatalaga, asiasi iinei.
TX Robotic Strawberry Harvester. Ata: Advanced Farm Technologies