PHOTOS: WEBULL INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY
PHOTOS: VITIROVER
Vitirover fleet of autonomous robots
Manufacturer: Vitirover (France) Robot(s): Vitirover Task(s): fleets of autonomous robots for weeding Development start: 2011 Pricing: as a service from € 3,000/ha/year Units active: 110 Description: Vitirover offers a fleet of solar and lithium ion bat- tery-powered autonomous robots for weeding in agriculture. The ro- bots use GPS and AI to navigate and are deployed on plots during the growing season. A shepherd/supervisor unit is connected to all the robots (maximum 50 per shepherd) and this supervises the herd, in- tervening remotely if necessary – for instance for remote mainte- nance or when entering a new plot or polygon on a map. There are currently 110 units active in France, Belgium and Austria. Availability: Vitirover is provided as a service per maintained hec- tare, for € 3,000/ha/year. Next developments include a version that is able to work on slopes up to 45% and a version that can manage hec- tares with over 10,000 obstacles per hectare (vine trees for instance).
Webull Tank unmanned orchard manager
Manufacturer: Webull Intelligent Technology (China) Robot(s): Tank Task(s): unmanned orchard management machine Development start: 2017 Pricing: sells from US$ 29,999 Units active: 21 Description: Webull Tank is a 600 kg unmanned orchard manage- ment robot with a crawler-type chassis and a 900-litre water tank. It is powered by lithium batteries and has an electrical drive train capable of speeds up to 6 km/h. It can not only be used for spraying, but also for mowing, transportation and collecting data in orchards. It navi- gates by fusion inertial navigation and RTK GPS and integrated sen- sors including vision and ultrasonic radar. Path and task planning are done in an online portal after which the farmer sends the plan to the robot. Availability: Currently being tested in China and in 2021, the Webull Tank will be available for sale in Australia, Italy, Russia, Thailand and the United States from US$ 29,999.
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