I-SAIA Agrobotics, i-tech spin-off evela e-Wageningen University & Research, izophinde ithuthukise ubuchwepheshe bayo be-greenhouse robotics ngokutshala izimali ezivela kwi-Technology Transfer funds of Innovation Industries, SHIFT Invest kanye nesikhwama se-ION+ esiphethwe yi-Oost NL.
I-SAIA Agrobotics yakha amarobhothi angakwazi ukuthatha izenzo zomuntu ezindaweni zokugcina izithombo. Kubalimi abanezindlu zokugcina izithombo, kuya ngokuya kuba yinkinga ukuthola abasebenzi. Lo mkhuba awulindelekile ngokuphelele, ngoba umsebenzi ku-greenhouse unzima ngokomzimba futhi uyisidina. Ngakho-ke isidingo somhlaba wonke sokuzenzakalelayo kulo mkhakha siphezulu.
“Abalimi abakwazi ukulinda uma sikhuluma nabo. Ngalolu tshalomali sithemba ukuthi sizokwazi ukuhlinzeka ngesixazululo ngokushesha,” kusho u-Ruud Barth, oyi-CEO ye-SAIA Agrobotics. “Kule minyaka engu-20 edlule, i-Wageningen University & Research ithole ulwazi oluningi nge-greenhouse horticulture ngamarobhothi. Siyabona ukuthi ubuchwepheshe sebukulungele ukusetshenziswa kwezohwebo.”
I-SAIA igxile ekwenzeni amarobhothi ezenzweni zabantu endaweni ebamba ukushisa: “Isibonelo, ukusika amaqabunga noma ukuvuna, okuwumsebenzi wezandla njengamanje, kodwa into engenziwa futhi irobhothi. Ukuze uthole i-greenhouse enosayizi ojwayelekile, sesivele sikhuluma ngamaqabunga ezigidi eziyishumi nezithelo okufanele zisikwe noma zivuthwe unyaka nonyaka", kuchaza uDkt. Barth. “Siyabona ukuthi amarobhothi angawuthatha kancane kancane lo msebenzi wezandla; ubuchwepheshe buthuthuke ngokushesha ezikhathini zamuva nje”.
Ngokwenza kanjalo, i-SAIA ibheka okungaphezu nje kokusebenzisa amarobhothi: “Senza isixazululo sohlelo oludidiyelwe, oluhlanganisa nokulungiswa kohlelo lokutshala kanye nokwenza kahle kwezitshalo”.
Kakade ngo-1999, irobhothi lokuvuna likaCucumber lasungulwa eWageningen. Emashumini amabili eminyaka alandelayo, iqembu elithi 'Agro Food Robotics' lazuza ubuchwepheshe besimanje obulungele imakethe obahlanganiswa laba irobhothi lokuvuna upelepele.
I-prototype yerobhothi yokuvuna amaqabunga
Muva nje, i-SAIA yenze isibonelo serobhothi elivuna amaqabunga nge-'agROBOfood' Innovation Hub. Ukususwa kwamaqabunga kungomunye wemisebenzi enzima kakhulu, okwamanje yonke eyenziwa ngesandla futhi kubhekwa njengomsebenzi oyisicefe kunayo yonke.
Ngaphambilini, abasunguli be-SAIA basebenze irobhothi lokuvuna upelepele omnandi iminyaka eyi-7. Ngokusebenzisana eduze nabalimi kanye nochwepheshe bezobuchwepheshe abavela kulo lonke elaseYurophu, kwatholakala i-prototype engavuna ingxenye yesithathu yawo wonke upelepele endaweni yokuhweba ebamba ukushisa ngokuzimele.
Ulwazi oluvela kuphrojekthi ye-'SWEEPER egxile emakethe, kwakheka isisekelo se-SAIA Agrobotics. Ubuchwepheshe bufinyelele ekuvuthweni futhi i-SAIA ihlose ukuletha amarobhothi ezindawo zokugcina ukushisa emakethe.
Ukutshalwa kwezimali okuvela ku-Thematic Technology Transfer fund (TTT)
I-Innovation Industries kanye ne-SHIFT Invest zombili izimali ezivela ku-Thematic Technology Transfer fund (TTT), eyakhelwe ngokubambisana namanyuvesi amane ezobuchwepheshe ase-Dutch, i-TNO ne-RVO. Ukwazisa nokusebenzisa ucwaningo lwesayensi lweziqalo ezithembisayo ezivela kuma-spin-offs kubalulekile kulokhu.
“I-SAIA Agrobotics ihambisana kahle nenjongo yalesi sikhwama sokudlulisa ubuchwepheshe, iletha ubuchwepheshe beNyuvesi yaseWageningen emakethe,” kusho uSander Verbrugge we-Innovation Industries. "Ubuchwepheshe be-SAIA buyinhlanganisela enkulu phakathi kobuchwepheshe kanye nesayensi yezitshalo elwela isinyathelo esilandelayo sokusungula imishini yezolimo."
I-SHIFT Invest iphinde inentshiseko ngomthelela ongaba khona we-SAIA, njengoba u-Bart Budde esho: “Akukhona nje kuphela ukuzenzela umsebenzi wezandla okuphakathi kwe-SAIA, kodwa futhi kuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle okukhulu ukuze kukhiqizwe ngobuchule nangempumelelo kakhudlwana maqondana namandla, i-CO2. , amanzi nomhlaba.”
Ukutshalwa kwezimali okuvela ku-ION+
U-Carl Heijne, umphathi wokutshalwa kwezimali Ukudla e-Oost NL uyachaza ukuthi kungani i-Oost NL itshala imali enkampanini: “I-SAIA idala imbuyiselo yezenhlalo ngobuchwepheshe bayo ngokukhiqiza ukudla okuzinzile nokunempilo ngaphakathi komkhakha we-greenhouse horticulture. Isidingo sokudla okukhiqizwa ngempumelelo sikhulu kakhulu ngokwanda okunamandla kwenani labantu emhlabeni. Nge-ION+ kanye nomnikelo ovela ku-Thematic Technology Transfer, singakwazi ukusekela i-SAIA kulesi sigaba kusukela kubuchwepheshe kuya emakethe.”
Lesi sikhwama kuhloswe ngaso ukukhuphula izinga lobuchwepheshe. Kungale nhloso i-ION+ yadalelwa osomabhizinisi esifundazweni saseGelderland. Ngokutshalwa kwezimali, i-SAIA ingaqhubeka nokuhlola uhlelo lwebhizinisi oluyisisekelo nabatshali, ibone futhi ivikele ubuchwepheshe obuyisisekelo ukuze ekugcineni ikwazi ukungena emakethe ngokushesha.
Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe:
I-SAIA Agrobotics
U-Ruud Barth, i-CEO,
+31 317 70 02 05
https://www.saia-agrobotics.com/