The Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH), better known as Cal/OSHA, has denied Monarch Tractor apetition to change safety guidelines in order to make autonomous tractors possible. Monarch, a maker of fully electric, driver-optional smart tractor, said it will ‘continue to drive farming toward a smart digital future’.
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German industrial group STIHL, manufacturer of chainsaw power tools, forestry machinery and robotic lawn mowers, announced a significant investment in the Danish robotics company, TinyMobileRobots. STIHL’s robotic lawn mowers share a strong technical kinship with the advanced and fully autonomous line marking robots produced by TinyMobileRobots, which are intended for use in sports fields, road construction, agriculture and more.
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Iron Ox, a farming company focused on plant science, robotics and artificial intelligence, has announced its second greenhouse robot, Phil. This is an addition to the Iron Ox ecosystem that optimizes plant yield, expands growth cycles and maximizes crop quality. Its sensor technology identifies trends in each module’s water and nutrient mix, measuring nutrient content and pH levels with speed and precision.
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Researchers develop new robot pollinator as a backup for declining insect populations
The shortage of natural pollinators, such as bees, is threatening global food production around the…
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Electric Sheep Robotics has developed a robot te operate lawnmowers autonomously. Over 50% of landscape maintenance involves lawn mowing, a tedious and repetitive process made physically grueling by exposure to harsh weather. This exacerbates the industry’s labor shortages, low growth and shrinking margins. To answer these problems, Electric Sheep has created the Dexter robot, clamp-on hardware and software that turns commercial lawn mowers into self driving machines.
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The agriculture analytics market is expected to reach $2.27 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 17.5% during the forecast period of 2020 to 2027. The growth of this market is mainly attributed to the rising adoption of advanced analytics, data-driven decision-making techniques, and growing digitalization in the agriculture industry.
