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Harvesting innovation: The story behind Tortuga’s autonomous harvesting robots

Robotics Business Review

The Robot Report Podcast · Harvesting innovation: The story behind Tortuga’s autonomous harvesting robots Eric Adamson, CEO and co-founder of Tortuga, joins us in this episode to discuss agricultural robotics. This will be done by combining OpenAI’s language research with Figure’s robotics hardware and software expertise.

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Siemens Sets its Sights on Global Food Security and Sustainability

Control.com

Siemens and 80 Acres Farms have joined forces to bring artificial intelligence, robotics, and other automation technologies to nontraditional farming practices to increase efficiency and sustainability of food production.

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RIOS Intelligent Machines raises Series B funding, starts rolling out Mission Control

Robotics Business Review

The company said it plans to use the investment to develop and offer artificial intelligence and vision-driven robotics, starting with a product for the lumber and plywood-handling sector. based RIOS said its systems can enhance production efficiency and control. Menlo Park, Calif.-based

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Farming Robot to Help Care for Crop Plants and Reduce Chemical Use

i4.0 today

A pioneering autonomous robot is set to help farmers better monitor the health status of individual crop plants and reduce herbicide use. It is estimated around one-third of the world’s agricultural products are pesticide dependent, with the most common types being herbicides. million from the Scottish Government.

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Australian Innovation Competition announces prize pool of $150k for entrants with innovative ideas

AU Manufacturing

Morrison explained that future ideas might aid in the energy transition to battle climate change, assist in food production under extreme weather conditions such as drought, or use emerging technology such as robots and artificial intelligence in novel ways.

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Revolutionising neuromorphic sensory devices

Manufacturer's Monthly

Walia envisions handheld devices capable of imaging and analysing visible and ultraviolet wavelengths, offering real-time feedback on the quality of food or the presence of forensic evidence. It’s sometimes hard to understand the stages of decay in food products. The possibilities are as vast as they are transformative.

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Vertical farming gets boost with Siemens’ 80 Acres collaboration

E&T

Vertical farming is an opportunity to turn this concept into a reality, and 80 Acres Farms’ use of technology is now modelling the path forward for this transformative approach to food production,” said Barbara Humpton, president and CEO of Siemens USA. . “In