Metafarmers Reveals AFRO 2023 Tomato Harvesting Robot 'Metafarmer' for Greenhouse...
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2023-08-01 09:22
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Metagfarmers (CEO Lee Kyu-hwa) participated in the Agricultural Food Tech Startup Fair (AFRO 2023) held at COEX A Hall for three days from July 26 (Wed) to 28 (Fri).
Metafarmers is a company that revolutionizes agriculture with artificial intelligence and robotics. As smart farms and artificial intelligence-related technologies develop, monitoring and optimizing crop growth information continues to be advanced. Nevertheless, Metafarmers explains that replacing the hard work of agriculture in indoor greenhouses with automation has yet to form a market due to a complex environment. Metafarmers aims to replace this barrier with artificial intelligence and robotics technology.
The exhibition introduced Metafarmer, a tomato harvesting robot for greenhouses, and TabFarmers, an artificial intelligence software that can remotely control it to teach robots. Metafarmers consist of a four-axis robot and an end effector capable of harvesting tomatoes without damage on a mobile base that can be moved in a greenhouse. A web application called Tap Farmers, which can remotely control this, allows robots to issue commands remotely about what crops and how to harvest them. Along with greenhouse crops such as tomatoes, strawberries, paprika, eggplants, and cucumbers, the harvest can be ordered, and the automation rate increases as they are used.
An official from Metafarmers said, "To solve the labor shortage in rural areas, many global companies are developing automatic harvest robots using artificial intelligence technology. However, no company has succeeded in commercializing it yet. Artificial intelligence and robotics technologies are not mature enough to overcome complex agricultural environments, he said. "We want to solve these problems with technologies that can transfer robot remote control and know-how." Rather than the robot automatically harvesting, it was determined that a person intervened in the middle and ordered and supervised agricultural work would be a better approach in this agricultural environment," he explained.
He also revealed the background of his participation in the exhibition. An official said, "We want to receive seed investment by introducing the products and methodologies we are developing to VCs, and seek business strategies through networking with various agri-start-ups.
In the future, Metafarmers plans to launch services for the five major greenhouse crops. Early next year, the company plans to provide a subscription service for harvesting robots for tomatoes and strawberries, and plans to expand to eggplants, cucumbers, and paprika in the future. In addition, additional transport robots connected to harvest robots and crop monitoring services are scheduled to be released.
The official went on to say, "Metafarmers replace harvests, but in the future they will replace the early seeds of the crop to the final harvest stage. "In the future, we will be able to meet robot farmers who make decisions based on data, achieve higher quality and production, and achieve sustainable agriculture," he said. "We will be able to meet robot farmers who not only harvest and transport, but also sow, transplant, grow and harvest."
Source: (AVING)Metafsarmer