Zuba jari, girbin strawberry mai “kasuwanci” mai ban sha'awa da busasshiyar sha'awar masu noman suna ƙara har zuwa kyakkyawan shekara don Advanced Farm Technologies (AFT).
The Davis, California na kamfanin T-6 robotic strawberry girbe na daya daga cikin kawai dintsi na injuna da masana'antu ke ɗauka da mahimmanci, saboda karuwar ƙalubalen aiki.
T-6 na gano jajayen berries ta atomatik kuma ya ɗauko su da hannu biyu na mutum-mutumi, yayin da ma'aikacin ɗan adam ke tuƙa shi a kan gadaje na strawberry a cikin ƙasa.
Kyle Cobb, daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa AFT hudu, ya ce T-6 ya gudanar da girbi na kasuwanci a kakar da ta gabata a wata gona mai girman eka 100 a yankin Santa Maria na California. Ya ce, strawberries da aka girbe, ana sayar da su ne a kasuwannin kasuwa.
Mai girbi yana mirgina kan gadaje strawberry 48-56 faɗin inci, kuma yana iya daidaitawa don tsayi daban-daban, in ji Cobb. Wani maɓalli na aikin shine nemo taɓawa mai laushi don makamai na robotic.
"Ba za ku iya yin wani abu ba kafin ku gano yadda za ku kula da 'ya'yan itacen a hankali da hankali," in ji Cobb.
Ya kara da cewa, ko da yake, "har yanzu muna koyon abubuwa kowace rana." Ɗaya daga cikin makasudin ƙira na gaba shine cire buƙatar direban ɗan adam.
Robots ba na siyarwa bane. Ya zuwa yanzu, mai tsinin strawberry yana aiki a kan ɗan gajeren lokaci. Gidan yanar gizon AFT yana maraba da masu shuka don tsara zanga-zangar. Cobb ya ce bai san lokacin da fasahar za ta fi samuwa ga masu noma ba.
Amma sakin na iya zuwa da wuri fiye da yadda aka zata a baya. A ƙarshen lokacin rani, AFT ta sami haɓaka dala miliyan 7.5 daga sabbin abokan haɗin gwiwa, gami da hannun jari na Yamaha Motor, Kubota, Katafault Ventures da Babban Tasirin Venture. Nolan Paul, abokin tarayya kuma jagoran agtech na duniya na Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley, ya ce ƙungiyar saka hannun jari ta Yamaha tana da sha'awar fasahohin amfanin gona na musamman. Kwarewar Yamaha da Kubota ta ta'allaka ne a manyan masana'antu. Yamaha yana da ƙungiyar robotics kuma tana da sha'awar haɓaka kasuwancinta, wanda aka saba mayar da hankali kan wasannin motsa jiki. Sauran hannun jarinsa har zuwa yau sun haɗa da mai ɗaukar apple mai sarrafa kansa Abundant Robotics da RoboticsPlus na tushen New Zealand, in ji Paul.
Sha'awar Yamaha kan fasahar amfanin gona ta musamman ta dogara ne akan yanayin 'ya'yan itatuwa da kayan marmari suna samun karbuwa ga masu amfani da su, da kuma albarkatu iri-iri - aiki, filayen noma, abinci - suna kara karanci, in ji Paul. Karancin aiki wani lokaci yana haifar da kadada na 'ya'yan itace ba a tsince su ba, kuma samar da strawberry, musamman, yana da rauni ga matsalolin aiki.
Paul ya ce: "Idan kun taɓa yin ƙoƙarin ɗaukar strawberries, ya zama aiki mafi wahala a duniya." “Kuna waje duk yini, kuma kun sunkuya. Kuna gudu da baya.”
A wani bangare don sanya aikin ya zama mai wahala ga ma'aikatan aikin gona da suka tsufa, wasu masu noman sun motsa dashen strawberry a kan tudu masu tsayi, ko "kwandon tebur." Kuma galibin hanyoyin magance robotics suna nufin saman teburi ko gadaje masu tsayi.
Amma Paul ya ce Yamaha ya saka hannun jari a AFT a wani bangare saboda "suna daya daga cikin kamfanoni kalilan da ke kokarin magance matsalar a cikin kasa sabanin tsarin tebur daga cikin kasa."
"A halin yanzu, a cikin Amurka yawan gonakin cikin ƙasa shine, zan iya cewa, kashi 99.9% na acreage," in ji shi. “A nan ne zafin ya ke. {Asar Amirka na iya motsawa a cikin lokaci zuwa ƙarin tebur (girman strawberry), amma ya fi tsada; yana bukatar karin hazaka. Sophistication na yadda ake girma a cikin yanayin tebur - wannan tafkin gwaninta ya rasa a Amurka"
Wani abin jan hankali na Yamaha zuwa AFT, Paul ya ce shi ne cewa rukunin da aka saƙa ya riga ya kammala wani aikin na'ura mai ba da hanya tsakanin hanyoyin sadarwa. Greenbotics - farawa tare da aiki da kai don tsaftace masu girman hasken rana masu girman masana'antu - SunPower ne ya saya a cikin 2013.
Ci gaban na'ura mai kwakwalwa - kamar tsintar strawberry da girmar strawberry na kasuwanci - aiki ne mai wahala.
"Muna ƙoƙari mu kasance masu tawali'u game da yadda yake da wuyar zama mai shuka," in ji Cobb. "Tabbas yana da wahala a gina kayan aikin mutum-mutumi kuma idan kun haɗa waɗannan hannayen, yana da wahala a ko'ina. Muna ƙoƙari mu kasance masu tawali'u game da matsalolin. Kuna ci gaba da koyo da haɓakawa."
- Stephen Kloosterman, editan aboki