Ana samun girbin strawberry mai sarrafa kansa a zaɓaɓɓun filayen California da Florida, yayin da robobin ke zama mafi kasuwanci da ƙarancin gwaji.
Cibiyar Strawberry ta Jami'ar California Polytechnic a ƙarshen Agusta ta gudanar da ranar filin wasa tare da sabuntawa akan kayan aiki. Ba wai game da mutum-mutumin kawai ba; gabatarwa daga masu bincike sun haɗa da tsare-tsare don ingantattun ɓangarorin lygus bug da kayan aikin buga ramukan dasawa cikin murfin gado na filastik.
"Yanzu, fiye da kowane lokaci, masu noman strawberry suna duban fasaha don samun mafita," in ji wani mai bincike John Lin, wanda ke jagorantar ayyukan robotics na Cibiyar Strawberry.
Ranar filin ta haɗa da sabuntawa na ayyukan girbin strawberry daga kamfanoni uku: Advanced.farm, Girbi CROO da Traptic. Anan akwai ƙarin sabuntawa akan waɗannan masu girbi uku, a cikin kalmomin masu haɓaka su:
Girbi CROO
Bayan shekaru da yawa na ci gaba, ƙungiyar saka hannun jari karkashin jagorancin Gary Wishnatzki na Wish Farms tana tsammanin robot ɗin girbi CROO zai shiga cikin girbin kasuwanci nan ba da jimawa ba.
"Abin da muke fata shine za mu rika diban sabbin 'ya'yan itatuwa a kasuwa a wannan kakar mai zuwa tare da nau'in samfurin da muke da shi," Wishnatzki ya fada wa Kamfanin Dillancin Labaran Kayan lambu. "Mun yi wasu zaɓen kasuwanci don sarrafa berries a kakar da ta gabata, a kan ƙaramin sikelin, amma tsammaninmu shine za mu ƙara yin amfani da yawa a wannan kakar mai zuwa."
Idan girbi ya yi kyau, ƙungiyar ta yi shirin kera ƙananan injuna na injuna a shekara mai zuwa tare da fara sayar da samfuran, in ji shi.
Shi ne wanda ya kafa kuma abokin gudanarwa na Harvest CROO Robotics, wanda yanzu ya hada da saka hannun jari daga masana'antu a fadin masana'antu, kamar Driscoll's, Naturipe da kamfanin kayayyakin marufi na Sonoco. Wishnaki ya ce masu saka hannun jari suna wakiltar kusan kashi 70% na masana'antar strawberry ta Amurka, baya ga daidaiton masu zaman kansu.
"Kokarin hadin gwiwa ne," in ji shi. An gwada Girbin CROO a filin G&D Farms, gonakin strawberry na Florida mai girman eka 600 mallakar Wishnatzki.
Akwai wasu bambance-bambance tsakanin Girbin CROO da sauran kamfanoni, in ji Wishnatzki. Na farko, Harvest CROO, kamar Traptic da Advanced.farm, an gina su don girbi filayen strawberry na al'ada waɗanda ke daidai da masu noman Amurka, yayin da sauran masu haɓakawa ke binciken injiniyoyin na'ura tare da ingantaccen tsarin girma kamar gadaje masu tsayi.
"Waɗannan tsarin suna aiki ne kawai idan kuna iya siyar da berries akan farashi mai girma fiye da yadda muke iya siyar da berries a halin yanzu," in ji Wishnatzki. Na biyu, yayin da wasu kungiyoyi ke kwatanta ayyukansu a matsayin "kayan amfanin girbi," ƙungiyarsa tana ƙoƙarin daidaita daidaitattun mutane.
Wishnatzki ya ce "Muna ƙoƙarin yin shi inda muke share berries da yawa kamar masu girbin ɗan adam," in ji Wishnatzki. Ana ƙera Girbin CROO tare da tsarin warware munanan berries. "Wani ya tambaye ni da wuri, yaushe zan bayyana nasara akan wannan, sai na ce, 'Lokacin da muke da alaƙa da mutane.' Kuma a halin yanzu muna ganin hanyar zuwa wannan a yanzu. Tare da waɗannan ayyukan gyara da muke yi a wannan bazara, na yi imanin za mu sami daidaito da mutane, don haka babban da'awar ne, da zarar mun sami damar yin hakan. Har yanzu ba mu isa wurin ba, amma muna ganin hanyar… kasancewa a can zuwa kakar wasa ta gaba. ”
Gina don gadaje irin na Florida- da arewacin California, Harvest CROO yana tafiyar da gadaje huɗu fadi.
Wishnatzki ya ce "A halin yanzu muna iya share shuka a cikin kusan dakika 8 - wanda ke kawar da aƙalla berries uku daga cikin shuka," in ji Wishnatzki. “Kuma shi kansa mutum-mutumin yana da kawuna na mutum-mutumi 16… muna share tsirrai 16 cikin kusan dakika 8.
Ana ƙarfafa masu shuka sha'awar shirin su ziyarci harvestcroo.com.
Na ci gaba.gona
Advanced.farm co-kafa Kyle Cobb ya ba da sabuntawar rubutu mai zuwa zuwa Labaran Manomin Kayan lambu:
“Kamar yadda kuka sani, mun rufe dala miliyan 7.5 Series A a watan Agusta 2019 tare da Yamaha da Kubota a matsayin jagororin masu saka hannun jari, tare da shiga cikin masu saka hannun jari na zamani na baya, Catapult Ventures da Impact Ventures. A wannan lokacin, muna hawan wutsiya daga lokacin nasara na ɗauka tare da samfurin mu na 'T6', tarakta mai cin gashin kansa tare da makamai na mutum-mutumi guda shida waɗanda aka tsara musamman don girbi strawberry a cikin ƙasa. Tare da T6, mun zama kamfani na farko da ya siyar da strawberries da aka zabo ta hanyar robot a cikin sabon tashar dillalin kasuwa.
"A cikin shekarar da ta gabata, mun gina kan wannan yunƙurin don zama jagora a cikin girbin na'ura. Mun tura sabbin masu girbin robobi na TX robotic a duk manyan yankuna uku masu girma a California (Oxnard, Santa Maria da Salinas/Watsonville), kuma mun yi aiki tare da manyan masu girbin masana'antu irin su GoodFarms. Yin aiki tare da abokan cinikinmu, mun ɗauki ɗaruruwan fam na 'ya'yan itace a kowace rana a cikin lokacin da wadatar aiki ke da hankali musamman. Za mu ci gaba da yin aiki tare da GoodFarms da sauransu a cikin shekara mai zuwa, inganta ayyukan filin da kuma ci gaba da inganta fasahar mu (eh, har yanzu akwai wasu kwari don yin aiki!).
“Mun san cewa nasararmu ta dogara ne kan nasarar manoma. An tsara kayan aikin mu don zama masu amfani - muna la'akari da bin ka'idodin aminci na abinci, sauƙi na horar da sababbin masu aiki da sauƙi na kulawa - kuma an tsara shi don zama mai araha. Muna da tsarin kasuwanci mai sassauƙa wanda ke ba masu noma damar yin hayar kayan aiki (tare da ƙungiyarmu da ke ba da kulawa da tallafi) ko zaɓi tsarin biyan kuɗi kamar yadda kuke tafiya. Muna ci gaba da tunkarar matsalolin da muke fuskanta tare da tawali'u, muna aiki kafada-da-kafada tare da abokan aikinmu don yin haɓaka cikin sauri kamar yadda za mu iya kawo samfur zuwa kasuwa a sikelin nan ba da jimawa ba.
“Daya daga cikin al’amuran aikinmu da muka fi sha’awar a kai shi ne shirin mu na ci-gaba.jobs, wanda ya bayyana manyan hanyoyi guda biyu da muke aiki tare da abokan aikinmu na noma don kawo sauyi mai kyau ga ma’aikatan gona: 1) ta hanyar kera mutum-mutumi don tunkarar matsalar. ayyuka mafi wuyar da mutane ke fuskanta a yau, da 2) ta hanyar horar da ma'aikatan gona tare da basirar da ake bukata don tallafawa ayyukan na gaba na kayan aikin gona. Ana maraba da masu haɓaka don karanta ƙarin game da wannan, da sauran ƙa'idodin jagorarmu, akan gidan yanar gizon mu, www.advanced.farm.
"Muna karbar bakuncin demos a kai a kai a filin, kuma muna maraba da duk masu sha'awar noma su yi mana imel a info@advanced.farm."
Traptic
Wani kamfani da aka gayyata zuwa ranar filin shine Traptic, wanda masu zuba jarinsa suka hada da Homebrew Ventures, K9 Ventures da Sinovation Ventures, a cewar shafin yanar gizon Traptic.
Wanda ya kafa Traptic kuma Shugaba Lewis Anderson ya ce a cikin ɗan gajeren gabatarwa yayin ranar filin cewa tsarin ya haɗa da madaidaicin gripper, tsarin hangen nesa mai hankali da kuma yanayi mai dorewa.
Robot na Traptic inji ne na wasu kwarewa, in ji shi.
"Mun nuna cewa wannan tsarin tare yana iya ɗaukar berries da inganci sosai," in ji Anderson. "Mun shiga shekara ta biyar na ayyukan filin, kuma mafi mahimmanci, muna gudanar da kowace rana tsawon shekaru 1.5 na ƙarshe. Mun nuna ikon yin gudu duk rana, kowace rana, na dogon lokaci. Muna fitar da berries ci gaba. Mun gwada a kowane lokaci na shekara, kowane yanayin filin, Mun gwada nau'in shuka iri-iri, kowane yanki na yanki. Mun gwada a farkon kakar, tsakiyar kakar, karshen kakar. Mun kasance a Oxnard har zuwa ƙarshen Mayu. Mun kasance a Watsonville har zuwa ƙarshen Satumba. Kuma mafi mahimmanci, mun sami hanyar girbi kowane berry a cikin ranch akan farashi ɗaya ko ƙasa da abin da kuke biya a yanzu, kuma ta hanyar ƙara yawan amfanin ku gaba ɗaya. "
Anderson ya kara da cewa kungiyar na fadada samar da robobin.
"Muna fara jigilar manyan ayyuka nan ba da dadewa ba, don haka idan kai mai noma ne, ka zo ka yi magana da mu game da tura kayan kasuwanci," in ji shi. "Muna samun sha'awa sosai kuma muna so mu dace da ku. Ku zo ku yi magana da ni game da yadda za mu iya girbi kowane berries a cikin gonar ku, don ƙayyadaddun farashin kowane tire."
Ana ƙarfafa masu girma don tuntuɓar kamfanin a Lewis@Traptic.com ko 760-845-8171, in ji shi.
- Stephen Kloosterman, editan aboki