Japanese Firm To Open World's First Robot-run Farm
Spread, a vegetable producer, said industrial robots would carry out all but one of the tasks needed to grow the tens of thousands of lettuces it produces each day at its vast indoor farm in Kameoka, Kyoto prefecture, starting from mid-2017.
The robots will do everything from re-planting young seedlings to watering, trimming and harvesting crops.
The innovation will boost production from 21,000 lettuces a day to 50,000 a day, the firm said, adding that it planned to raise that figure to half a million lettuces daily within five years.
“The seeds will still be planted by humans, but every other step, from the transplanting of young seedlings to larger spaces as they grow to harvesting the lettuces, will be done automatically,” said JJ Price, Spread’s global marketing manager.
The new farm – an extension of its existing Kameoka farm – will improve efficiency and reduce labour costs by about half. The use of LED lighting means energy costs will be slashed by almost a third, and about 98% of the water needed to grow the crops will be recycled.
The farm, measuring about 4,400 sq metres, will have floor-to-ceiling shelves where the produce is grown... (cont'd)
TraceParts publishes its annual design activity report for professionals in the bearings market
Every year over one million bearing CAD models are downloaded from the TraceParts platform.
The TraceParts design activity report about bearings provides clients with detailed information on how the downloaded bearing CAD models are used in design applications. This report is available freely to the public
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Industry Experts and Major Firms are set to Present at the Texas UAS Summit & Expo
Produced by UAS Magazine, Lone Star UAS Test Site and Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX). Texas UAS Summit will provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of the current state of the unmanned aircraft systems industry.
Inside 3D Printing 2016: Metal printing in the aerospace, automobile, and tool industries
Expert conference for additive manufacturing methods at the METAV in Düsseldorf on the
24/25 February 2016
Indiegogo - China-made Smart Social Robot Xibot Raises USD 25,000 Crowdfunding on Indiegogo
With a small body, large round face and cat-like ears, Xibot shares its feelings with other family members and was a hit when originally exhibited at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January.
ReWalk Robotics Exoskeleton Deemed Medically Necessary by Independent Medical Review Organization
Recipient is a surgeon whose exoskeleton will allow him to stand and walk at home and at work
Simulyze Launches Mission Insight™, Its Next-Generation Operational Intelligence (OI) Application, Delivering Real-time UAS Situational Awareness
Built on the industrys first commercial off-the-shelf OI app, Mission Insight drives the companys expansion into the commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) market
DARPA - FLA Program Takes Flight
They may not have zoomed flawlessly around obstacles like the Millennium Falcon did as it careened through the hull of a crashed Star Destroyer in Star Wars VII. But the sensor-loaded quadcopters that recently got tested in a cluttered hangar in Massachusetts did manage to edge their way around obstacles and achieve their target speeds of 20 meters per second. Moreover, the quadcopters were unmanned … and real. Thus was the initial phase of data collection for DARPA's Fast Lightweight Autonomy (FLA) program recently deemed an encouraging success.
DARPA’s FLA program aims to develop and test algorithms that could reduce the amount of processing power, communications, and human intervention needed for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to accomplish low-level tasks, such as navigation around obstacles in a cluttered environment. If successful, FLA would reduce operator workload and stress and allow humans to focus on higher-level supervision of multiple formations of manned and unmanned platforms as part of a single system. Cont'd...
Getting Started with Collaborative Robots - Part 5 - Get Management On Board with Robots
Even if you are part of management yourself, you will need to justify the integration of the robot with solid arguments. We suggest the "Scotty maneuver": under-promise, over-deliver!
The Internet of Drones has Landed: H3 Dynamics Unveils DRONEBOX
Smart drone nesting solution automates professional drone operations in numerous industrial applications.
Grid-independent drone battery charging system removes need for travel to remote areas.
Networked and movable surveillance and inspection sensor systems broaden the Internet of Things.
First-of-Its-Kind Modular Hybrid Unmanned Ground Vehicle Unveils at the Singapore Airshow 2016
THeMIS ADDER is exhibited at the Singapore Airshow 2016 from 16 - 21 February 2016.
Learn about the Future of Portable Power at #MouserParty
Join Mouser Electronics and UCLAs Dr. Richard Kaner on Twitter on February 17 to Learn How Graphene Could Power Our World
Quixote Technique Helps Robots Learn Ethical Behavior
The rapid pace of artificial intelligence (AI) has raised fears about whether robots could act unethically or soon choose to harm humans. Some are calling for bans on robotics research; others are calling for more research to understand how AI might be constrained.
FLA Program Takes Flight
Program to develop fast, lightweight autonomous air vehicle completes first flight data tests
AIA Praises Committee Action to Allow UAS in Post-Disaster Recovery
The American Insurance Association (AIA) applauded the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committees action today to make it easier for property/casualty insurers to use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) following natural disasters.
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