Small Robot Company (SRC) announced its first commercial robot, ‘Tom’, earlier this week.
Launched by the UK agri-tech start-up on Thursday (April 29), the Tom monitoring robot is now delivered to commercial specification and entering service on UK farms.
According to the firm, its customers include the Lockerley Estate, where robots are a key part of its regenerative farming strategy, as well as Waitrose & Partners and the National Trust.
SRC’s first service using Tom will be per plant weeding, which it dubs as “a world-first milestone”.
This is now in field trials, with Tom scanning first arable crops to detect weeds, and robot weeding prototype ‘Dick’ then zapping individual weeds with electrical ‘lightning strikes’, using no chemicals.
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In Beijing, the continental climate may make it difficult to grow tomatoes. The winters are harsh, and summers are long and hot.
Without protection, greenhouse tomatoes in China’s capital city are quickly affected by sunburn.
According to reports, Tecai Daguanyuang Farm earlier used shade nets to temper light and heat in summer. However, this solution was far from ideal.
Now, with a new coating, the crop reportedly stays healthier and production is as much as 5% higher.
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