Pest and disease detection capability to be added to robotic platform
Arugga AI Farming, a start-up developing robotic solutions for greenhouse farming, has signed a commercial collaboration agreement with ViewNetic. The partnership between the fellow Israel-based start-ups will bring ViewNetic’s advanced pest, beneficials, and disease detection solutions to the global high-tech greenhouse market.
Arugga to start deploying pollination robots in Finland
Agrifutura Oy, the Finnish producer of tomato brand Nams, has signed an agreement with Israel-based Arugga AI Farming to deploy its pollination robots over its greenhouses. Agrifutura grows 4.6 hectares of tomatoes, mainly vine.
Robotic system for tomato plant lowering
Arugga AI Farming, the Israel-based start-up company that has introduced pollination robots to the tomato greenhouse market, has successfully trialled a robotic manipulator which will replace the labour-intensive, manual task of lowering tomato plants.
Unstung Heroes: Startup’s AI-Powered Tomato Pollinator Gives Bees a Break
There are nearly a half million acres of greenhouse tomato crops in the world, an area about 35 times the size of Manhattan. In other words, lots of tomatoes.
BUZZ OFF, BEES. POLLINATION ROBOTS ARE HERE.
Advances in artificial intelligence are helping some startups develop another way to pollinate plants, which could increase yield compared with insects and human workers.
"Pollination robots address bottlenecks in tomato crop"
Biobest invests in Arugga and will distribute its pollination robots in the US and Canada.
Pollinating robot looking to shake up $900m greenhouse tomato industry
An Israeli company that has created an autonomous pollinating robot has started its first trials in Australia.
Arugga AI Farming is hoping its technology can transform Australia's greenhouse farming sector, especially greenhouse tomatoes, which are currently pollinated by hand.