Innovation Insights includes soft robotic hands and AI-guided robot
Cambridge Consultants joins Agri-Tech East’s Innovation Insights at Fruit Focus
28/06/2019
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Cambridge Consultants joins Agri-Tech East’s Innovation Insights at Fruit Focus
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Robotic harvesters, advanced sensors, pollinator attractants, an online market place to reduce waste, and decision support systems for improved traceability and productivity – are among the technologies to be presented by members of Agri-Tech East, in an exciting new Innovation Insights feature at Fruit Focus.
Start-ups 30MHz, Breedr and LettUs Grow are part of a new breed of technology companies aiming to improve productivity and sustainability in agriculture, but they will be quick to stress at CWIC 2019 that domain knowledge has been essential for success.
Agri-Tech East members Hummingbird Technologies and Itaka Crop Solution are to join the Canadian HARVEST programme organised by SREDA. It includes participation in Ag in Motion, Western Canada’s largest Outdoor Farm Expo
The week of Cereals is usually a hot one – but we will leave the prediction to our members such as Prodata Weather Systems and Sencrop that will be exhibiting at the show!
Smart Farming 4.0 was the subject of Dr Belinda Clarke’s presentation and it featured strawberry picking robotics, machine vision and the potato yield model.
The Innovation Hub this year will be looking towards the connected farm where sensors and monitors provide early warning of risks from disease, weeds and adverse weather, autonomous machines support 24/7 cultivation, and prevention and resilience are key management strategies.
The agri-tech strand “Wellies and Wireless’ is designed to show how companies with digital technologies have penetrated the market
About 50 per cent of AF Group farmers have invested in or have access to green energy, and renewables are becoming more core to the business as the benefits become more valuable than government incentives.
Swarm robots – small, simple and inexpensive – are poised to reverse the trend in agriculture towards ever bigger machines.
Agri-Tech East announces trans-Atlantic agreement with Canada’s SREDA to promote collaboration and trade opportunities for agri-tech businesses.