The #eggplant (aka aubergine) is a tropical #fruit that is actually a berry by botanical definition! They love the heat and are reasonably drought tolerant.
Eggplants are grown along Australia's east coast, with the majority coming from Queensland. They are just one of the fruits and vegetables that our robots love to pack!
#agriculture#agtech#horticulture#automation#robotics
Did you know there are more than 3 million industrial robots in operation around the world? According to the International Federation of Robotics: - The future will be #robots and humans working #together. - Robots substitute labour activities but do not replace #jobs. - Increasingly, robots are used to complement and augment labour activities; the net impact on…
Today (Sep 29) is the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste! According to the UN Environment Programme: - The food supply chain in many countries is on course to overtake farming and land use as the largest contributor to greenhouse gases (GHGs) - An estimated 14 percent of the world's food is lost between #harvest and #retail,…
Ensuring crops don't rot in the fields amid severe labour shortages, Australian startup LYRO Robotics is helping local farmers get their produce to market.Global food waste costs agriculture up to $2 billion every year, with 31 percent of produce wasted before it even gets off the farm. Labour shortages during the pandemic have exacerbated the…
Brisbane, Australia-based Lyro Robotics has been contracted to license their Lyro Machine Intelligence software to US based IMI Precision Engineering.This technology partnership will deliver smart robots that will replicate the “hands”, “eyes” and “brain” of human capabilities in automation and logistics applications.The partnership means the two companies will work to deliver a full-stack robotic solution…
LYRO Robotics is the brainchild of co-founders Juxi Leitner and Nicole Robinson. They’re a Brisbane-based, deep-tech start-up building intelligent robots, which help farmers across regional Queensland to identify, sort and package fruit and vegetables.
These intelligent robots address a significant gap in the market and provide a solution to many farmers’ problems. It empowers farmers to…