A research paper by Tzachor, et al, warns that the future use of artificial intelligence in agriculture comes with substantial potential risks for farms, farmers and food security that are poorly understood and under-appreciated. “The idea of intelligent machines running farms is not science fiction. Large companies are already pioneering the next generation of autonomous […]
Exponential population growth, restricted natural resources, climate change, diminishing arable land, and lack of farmers all contribute to the current global food insecurity. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), international food prices reached an all-time high in February 2022, and the number of people facing food insecurity globally increased by an estimated 32% […]
Today, a new era in horticulture starts. Get to know the Certhon Harvest Robot: a multifunctional robot that detects, cuts and transports tomatoes to boxes all by itself. The deep-learning technology will make the robot smarter with each harvest. The functionalities The Certhon Harvest Robot can detect the fruits and sense which tomatoes are ready […]
Who is Naïo Technologies? Naïo Technologies is a company built around shared encounters: A decade ago its founders, Gaëtan Séverac and Aymeric Barthes heard how farmers had trouble maintaining their crops because of an increasingly difficult working condition and an overall decrease in qualified labour. The two engineers believed that new technologies – especially robotics […]
AeroFarms and Nokia Bell Labs have unveiled a multi-year partnership. The goal is to combine their expertise and expand their joint capabilities in cutting-edge networking, autonomous systems, and integrated machine vision and machine learning technologies to identify and track plant interactions at the most advanced levels. As part of this partnership, AeroFarms, a global […]
