The new digital agriculture fundamentals program has kicked off at Assiniboine College in Brandon.
Tag Archives robotics
VIDEO: New Assiniboine College program sows digital farm skills
The new digital agriculture fundamentals program has kicked off at Assiniboine College in Brandon
The future of agriculture looks smart
Glacier FarmMedia – The digital revolution is here. The question is, are you going to embrace the technology, or are you going to try to hide from it?” Qiang Zhang, biosystems engineering professor at the University of Manitoba, asked that question during a university-hosted event that explored technological advances in the livestock sector. Zhang’s work […] Read more
Robots may help grain farmers diversify
Chuck Baresich, who owns an agricultural robotics business in Ontario, says controlling weeds with robots is probably best suited for high-value, horticultural crops in Canada. However, large-scale grain farmers could also use the technology if they think about it differently. Related story: Think outside the agriculture box for labour, ag and tech leaders say “Let’s […] Read more
Robots find their place in sample testing sector
Not a lot of good came out of the COVID pandemic but for researchers at Agriculture Canada, the requirements of social distancing in the workplace led to a new and better way to process test samples. Agriculture Canada’s London, Ont., based researcher and chemist, Justin Renaud, said the pre-COVID testing routine for fungal mycotoxins or […] Read more
Scouting robot seeks validation
Every day the robot lurks in fields, watching, seeing all and recording every event, searching for anomalies
Another agricultural robot is roaming Canadian fields. Brazilian-based Solinftec uses artificial intelligence to guide its robot’s motion in fields, and to analyze the images of crops it captures as it travels autonomously along crop rows. Leo Carvalho of Solinftec said the Solix Ag robot scans for crop health and nutrition, disease, insects and weeds. “The […] Read more
Ottawa funds innovation
The federal government is giving more than $860,000 to six businesses under the Innovative Solutions Canada program. Projects receiving funding through the Canadian Meat Processing Technology Development Challenge will focus on automation through robotics, artificial intelligence and other forms of innovation to reduce reliance on manual labour in the sector. Projects receiving funding through the […] Read more
Producers might farm-out robotic agricultural tools
Whether it’s a drone in the air, a soil sampler in the field or picking tools of all sorts it’s a service
Agricultural robots have opened the door for more farm operations to be contracted out to service companies. The pace of new robotic-based agricultural platforms being developed and tested on North American fields is accelerating, and many of these companies are targeting a service model for their business plan. Traditional ag retailers plan to get a […] Read more
Bill Gates’ green tech fund bets on Silicon Valley farming robots
Sept 22 (Reuters) – As California struggles with another crippling drought, a Silicon Valley startup that believes robots can grow produce more sustainably said Wednesday it raised US$50 million in a funding round led by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Iron Ox uses robots that are integrated with a hydroponic system consuming 90 percent less […] Read more
Driverless, robotic tractors
Driverless tractors are here. Robotics and guidance have met out back of the barn, and across the globe tractors without operators are being birthed. No longer part of imagination, they are a reality that many producers could get behind, or even in front of, with confidence. The North American Great Plains, Western Australia and the […] Read more
Trimble debuts autonomous machine
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Autonomous tractors attract farmers like flies to … well, you know. Not only do farmers like tractors, but they like work that is done reliably and repeatedly, something that is not always available in the labour market. “And when it is dangerous, dirty or dull, that is when autonomous ma-chines really […] Read more
