Kamfanin fara fasahar noma FarmWise ya gabatar da wani mai sarrafa kayan lambu mai cin gashin kansa wanda ya ce zai iya taimakawa masu noman rage amfani da ciyawa da kuma dogaro da aiki.
Na'urar FarmWise tana tuka layuka, tana gano ciyayi a cikin ƙasa, ta yanke tushensu sannan ta jefar da su daga cikin layi tare da wani aiki mai kama da na mutum mai amfani da fartanya, in ji Sebastien Boyer, wanda ya kafa kuma Shugaba na FarmWise. A halin yanzu, ɗaya daga cikin injinan yana aiki a wani ɓangare ta wani ma'aikacin filin wasa da "sabis na teleoperation" daga cibiyar tsakiya. Sai dai kamfanin na fatan na'urorinsa za su kai wani matsayi mai girma na cin gashin kansu nan da farkon shekarar 2019 ta yadda wani ma'aikacin filin wasa zai iya kula da fiye da daya daga cikin injinan.
Na'urar FarmWise - a cikin wata hira, Boyer ya ce har yanzu ba su kira shi da mutum-mutumi ba - an yi nasarar gwada shi a cikin 2018 a cikin kwarin Salinas da yankin Santa Maria ta hanyar alakar kamfanin da kungiyar Manoman Yamma. Biyu daga cikin injinan yanzu ana tura su akan filayen latas da farin kabeji a kowane mako, kuma gidan yanar gizon kamfanin yana ɗaukar pre-oda daga masu noman kayan lambu da suke son shiga layi.
Wani abin damuwa ga masu noman kayan lambu da yawa shine ciyawa waɗanda bayan lokaci zasu iya haɓaka juriya ga maganin herbicides, hauhawar farashin aiki da wadatar ma'aikatan weeding. Wani bincike da Ofishin gona na California ya yi a cikin 2017 ya gano bakwai cikin manoma 10 da ke daukar ma'aikata na lokaci a California sun ba da rahoton karancin ma'aikata.
Boyer ya ce a wannan lokaci suna shirin sayar da ayyukan ciyawa na injin maimakon na'urar da kanta. Ya ki bayar da farashi ga ayyukan ciyawa, wanda ya ce zai iya bambanta bisa la’akari da dama.
"Ba zan iya ba ku kowane takamaiman lamba ba," in ji shi. “Manufarmu ita ce mu yi gogayya da ayyukan da ake yi a halin yanzu. Don haka a zahiri abin da muke kokarin yi a nan shi ne ceton masu noman kudin a kan kadadansu na farko da suke amfani da injina a kai, wanda ke nufin farashin mu kowace kadada yana da gasa, kuma mafi yawan lokaci mai rahusa fiye da abin da suke fuskanta a halin yanzu.”
Kamfanin kera kera motoci na Detroit zai gina “ƙarni na gaba” na Injin FarmWise a lokacin 2019, kodayake Boyer bai faɗi ainihin adadin nawa za a gina ba.
"Za mu fara aikin kera inji akai-akai," in ji shi. "Za mu gina su kuma za mu tura su daga ƙarshen bazara na 2019."
Da farko, injinan za su kasance galibi ga manyan masu noman kayan lambu daga California.
"Muna ƙarfafawa da ba da fifiko ga masu noman da za su iya haɗa ta cikin ayyukansu kuma suna taimaka mana inganta wannan na'ura sosai," in ji shi. "Muna mai da hankali kan masu noman kayan lambu, mutanen da ke noman brassicas, koren ganye, latas, farin kabeji, kabeji, broccoli, seleri - irin waɗannan masu noman, wanda shine babban burinmu a yanzu. A cikin dogon lokaci, muna sa ran yin amfani da irin wannan, don samun damar yin aiki a kan amfanin gona da yawa, ko strawberries, irin waɗannan amfanin gona, amma har ma da nau'in amfanin gona mai faɗi."
A matsayin farawa, FarmWise ya sami tallafi da karɓuwa daga al'ummomin noma da fasaha na ɗan lokaci. Cibiyar Ƙirƙirar Ƙira da Fasaha ta Yammacin Yammacin Turai ta tallafa wa FarmWise na kudi kuma ta sanya shi a matsayin farawa a cikin 2017. Kamfanin ya kasance wani ɓangare na Lemnos da THRIVE accelerator shirye-shirye. A cikin Disamba 2017, ta sami dala miliyan 5.7 na kuɗin iri daga ƙungiyar masu saka hannun jari ƙarƙashin jagorancin babban kamfani Playground.
Tsohon magajin garin Salinas Dennis Donohue, wanda darekta ne Cibiyar Ƙirƙira da Fasaha ta Yammacin Yammacin Turai, an nakalto a cikin wani sakin da ya yaba da yadda FarmWise ke amfani da hankali na wucin gadi.
“Zaɓin FarmWise na yin amfani da Al algorithms tare da daidaita su da masana’antar noma ya sa na’ura ɗaya za ta yi aiki a galibin filayen noman tun daga latas zuwa karas, broccoli da sauransu, yiwuwar ba a taɓa ganin irinsa ba tun lokacin da aka ƙirƙira taraktan. a farkon rabin karni na 20, "in ji shi.
Boyer ya ce shi da wanda ya kafa kamfanin Thomas Palomares sun kafa kamfanin ne da hangen nesa na samar da injuna masu cin gashin kansu don noma kowace shuka don samun yawan amfanin gona mafi kyawun ribar manoma da muhalli mai koshin lafiya.
"Mun yi imani da robotics da AI iya taimakawa masu noma," in ji shi.