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The farm in Perth will also be supported by local agriculture provider, Bon Pty Ltd, which will deliver the seed to harvest line automation and vertical farm project management. David Farquhar, CEO at IGS, said: “Australia’s agricultural production is growing, but it’s vital that’s delivered in an environmentally sustainable way if ...
Cerescon will be using this extra capital to boost sale and production of Sparter, after the 1-row self-propelling harvesting robot was put through its paces during the current asparagus harvesting season. ...
The Dutch high-tech scale-up Cerescon presents its latest product portfolio expansion during the Expo SE 2019 on November 20 and 21, 2019. This asparagus harvesting machine is a 1-row self-propelled version of Sparter and does not require a tractor or driver for harvesting. Two years ago, Cerescon introduced the first selective asparagus harvesting machine for white asparagus. The 2-row and ...
Cerescon with Sparter, the selective harvesting robot for white asparagus, is one the 6 finalists of the Agro Innovation Lab Robotics Challenge 2019. The jury was impressed by the innovative solution of Cerescon. “I would be very happy if we were the first ones to have “Sparter” working on Austrian fields”, states Mr. Reinhard Wolf, CEO of RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG. ...
Cerescon, the developer of the first selective asparagus harvesting machine, Sparter, signed the European grant agreement with Brussels last week. This SME Instrument project is part of Horizon 2020; a European grant to support the development of innovative solutions and the exploration of new markets. Cerescon is using this grant for the market introduction of Sparter. The project will start in ...
In the past week the Sweeper team has performed tests with their harvest robot in the greenhouse of partner Research Station for Vegetable Production at Sint Katelijne-Waver in Belgium. The data of the tests will be used for improving the vision algorithms for detecting ripe fruits and approach path of the robot. The goal of the Sweeper project is to develop a robotic harvesting system for ...
The international project team that works on the development of the sweet pepper harvesting robot Sweeper has entered its second year of research. Recently, the by Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture coordinated team discussed the latest progress: Sweeper is ready for testing in a commercial greenhouse! First model Sweeper in use After testing and selection of individual modules, the first ...
Or robots that could selectively harvest ripe crops. At Vineland Research and Innovation Centre in Niagara, it seems as though the future is now. ...
Digital approaches to further enhance productivity and sustainability In line with its pledge to be a leader in forward-thinking agriculture, Bayer CropScience is also looking into the field of digitalization and automation. “From variety selection along the whole production process to the end consumer, digitalization and automation will be an increasing ...
12 February 2015 will be the start of SWEEPER, an innovation driven international research programme for the development of the first generation market ready sweet pepper harvesting robot. The research is being supported by the Horizon 2020 programme of European Union. Wageningen University & Research Centre will coordinate the international network in which partners from Sweden, Israel, ...
The robot to harvest ripe fruits fully autonomously is a result of the European FP7 project Clever Robots for Crops, CROPS, which is coordinated by Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture. After 3.5 years of research the integration of the final modules was completed. The base of the robot consists out of a carrier platform on which a robotic arm with the end-effector to grip and cut the fruit, a ...
Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture is developing a harvester for broccoli. This robot is different from other mechanical harvesters by adding a selectivity feature: an intelligent Computer Vision system registers and selects only the broccoli of a pre-determined exact size and leaves the remainder until another optimal harvesting moment is ...