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Top trends in agriculture and off-highway automation

Design World

With the rise of smart farming in agriculture, equipment manufacturers face the challenge of maximizing machine uptime in harsh and extreme environments. Companies are leveraging different types of motion systems to improve reliability in their designs, with technology evolving alongside farming practices.

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Role of Robotic Devices in Greenhouse Farming

Robotics Automation News

Greenhouse farming brings with it the promise of greater yields and produce quality through a controlled and optimized cultivation environment. However, it also poses unique challenges in efficiently managing various farming operations within the greenhouse facility.

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farm-ng raises Series A funding to scale Amiga robot and AI for small to midsize farms

Robotics Business Review

Source: farm-ng Since the first industrial revolution two centuries ago, workers have moved into cities, even as population growth has challenged farmers to be increasingly productive. Today, farm-ng said it has completed its Series A funding round, raising more than $10 million to further develop the Amiga robot for agriculture.

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Hippo Harvest employs Zebra robots for indoor farming operations

Robotics Automation News

Hippo Harvest, a California-based controlled environment agriculture startup, has successfully integrated autonomous mobile robots from Zebra Technologies, a supply chain technology solution provider, into its indoor farming operations. The robots have been put to use mainly to grow greens.

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UP Vertical Farms commences operations at Canada’s first hands-free vertical farm

Canadian Manufacturing

(CNW Group/Oppy) PITT MEADOWS — UP Vertical Farms has commenced operations at Canada’s first hands-free vertical farm where sustainably-grown, pesticide and contamination-free baby salad greens are being produced at 350 times the yield of conventional field-grown greens. ”

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Agtech startup Small Robot Company shutting down

Robotics Business Review

Collaborating with Kroll, efforts are being made to identify potential acquirers to secure a future for some of the team and the technology, which continues to offer benefits to farmers and the environment. These autonomous mobile robots are designed for smaller farms, and especially for high-value crops.

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UK to pay farmers to protect their local environment

E&T

The changes mean farmers could receive up to a further £1,000 per year for taking nature-friendly action through the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI). This new Management Payment will be made for the first 50 hectares of farm (£20/ha), to cover the administrative costs of participation.