The agricultural revolution must go on! 😊
"... Hylio, a Houston-based tech company, was granted an exemption from the Federal Aviation Administration in February for a single pilot to operate swarms of heavy drones over farms. Three battery-powered drones, some weighing as much as 400 pounds each, can now be used at one time to spray fertilizer and pesticides on fields of produce. That task is typically handled by farm workers or crop-dusting planes. ...
Crop-dusting drones were among the many high-tech agricultural tools on display at the February 2024 World Agriculture Expo in Tulare, in the heart of California's Central Valley. ...
Laser Weeder, which uses powerful infrared lasers and high-speed cameras to identify and blast weeds to oblivion in a matter of seconds. ...
Developers of these high-tech tools said their inventions could help ease the decadeslong labor shortage that's been impacting the U.S. agricultural industry. Between 1950 and 2000, the number of hired farm laborers declined by more than 50%, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Hiring has continued to be a challenge for farm owners into the 2020s. ..."
See what is coming: Among the top 10 products, Shockwave X
Orchard Machinery Corp
Shockwave X is the World’s First Autonomous Tree Shaker. Orchard Machinery Corp along with Bonsai have created the first Driverless Tree Shaker with no Lidar or GPS. The machine will also be outfitted with a deck for shaking pistachios. Built on a Proven OMC chassis that allows continuous movement and efficiency, including 100 Vision based Autonomy that allows the machine to work in heavy dust and Zero cell service conditions.
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