I-Morehead, esekelwe eKentucky AI-ppHarvest Inc., inkampani ye-agtech kanye ne-Certified B Corp igxile ekulimeni ngokuzinza kusetshenziswa amanzi angaphansi ngo-90% kunezokulima ezindaweni ezivulekile futhi amanzi emvula agaywe kabusha kuphela, yamemezela ngo-April 8 ukuthi isithole i-Root AI, isiqalo sokulima ubuhlakani bokwenziwa esidala amarobhothi ahlakaniphile. ukusiza ukuphatha amapulazi asendlini anobuchwepheshe obuphezulu.
Ukutholwa kwe-Root AI kanye nesivuni sayo esiyirobhothi emhlabeni wonke, i-Virgo, kulindeleke ukuthi kunikeze i-AppHarvest isisekelo sokwesekwa kokuvuna okusebenzisana nochwepheshe bokunakekelwa kwezitshalo okugxile emisebenzini eyinkimbinkimbi. I-AppHarvest ilindele ukuthi inzuzo yokuguqula igeyimu yobuchwepheshe ibe kudatha amarobhothi angayiqoqa njengoba evuna, engasiza ukuhlola impilo yezitshalo, ukubikezela ngokunembile isivuno nokuthuthukisa iyonke imisebenzi yesikhungo esilawulwa yimvelo yezolimo (CEA).
“Ukulima njengoba sazi ukuthi konakele ngenxa yokwanda kwezinto ezifana nezulu elibi kakhulu, isomiso, umlilo nokungcoliswa yizilwane okwenza ukudla kwethu kungathembeki. Ukulima kwasendlini kuxazulula eziningi zalezo zinselele, futhi idatha eqoqwe ingaletha ngokucacile imininingwane eyengeziwe ezosisiza sibikezele futhi silawule ikhwalithi yezitshalo nesivuno,” kusho uMsunguli we-AppHarvest & CEO uJonathan Webb esitatimendeni. “Enye yezinselelo ezibalulekile kwezolimo ukubikezela isivuno ngokunembile. Izinqumo eziningi eziya phansi kusukela ekuhleleni umsebenzi kuya kwezokuthutha ukuya ezinhlelweni zokuthengisa zisekelwe kulokho. Noma yikuphi ukuchezuka phakathi kokuqagela kanye nesivuno sangempela kungaholela ekushayeleni umlilo kwemisebenzi eminingi ukulungisa ushintsho, futhi i-AI ingasiza ekuxazululeni lokho.”
Isikhulu esiphezulu se-Root AI sijoyina i-AppHarvest njengesikhulu esiphezulu sezobuchwepheshe
Umsunguli we-Root AI kanye ne-CEO u-Josh Lessing uzothatha indima yokuba isikhulu esiphezulu sezobuchwepheshe se-AppHarvest lapho ezohola khona ekuqhubekeni nokuthuthukisa amarobhothi namandla awo e-AI kunethiwekhi yamapulazi angaphakathi akhiwa yi-AppHarvest. U-Lessing, kanye nomsunguli osebenzisana naye u-Ryan Knopf ozojoyina i-AppHarvest njengephini likamongameli wezobuchwepheshe, basize ukusungula i-Root AI njengomholi wasekuqaleni ekusebenziseni ubuhlakani bokwenziwa ku-CEA. I-Virgo ingumvuni wokuqala emhlabeni wonke, ongalungiselelwa ukuhlonza nokuvuna izitshalo eziningi ezinobukhulu obuhlukahlukene okuhlanganisa utamatisi, upelepele, ukhukhamba nezithelo ezintekenteke njengama-strawberry phakathi kokunye.
Yize i-Virgo ingasebenza ngaphakathi noma ngaphandle, irobhothi ligxile kwezolimo ezilawulwa yimvelo. Eminyakeni emithathu edlule, iqoqe isethi yedatha enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni yezithombe zikatamatisi ukuze ikwazi ukuhlonza izinhlobo ezingaphezu kuka-50 ezindaweni ezikhulayo eziningi futhi ezigabeni ezihlukene zokuvuthwa ukuze zifunde ukuthi zivunwa kanjani futhi nini.
I-Virgo isebenzisa isethi yamakhamera ahlanganiswe ne-infrared laser ukuze ikhiqize ukuskena kombala kwe-3D kwendawo ukuze inqume umsebenzi engakwazi ukuwenza. Uma isidwebe utamatisi, ihlola ukuthi ikuphi bese inquma ukuthi isivuthwe ngokwanele yini ukuba ivuthwe. Irobhothi lingahlelwa ukuthi lenze okunye ukuhlola kwekhwalithi. Ukuskena kuvumela irobhothi ukuthi lithole umzila ongavimbeli kakhulu futhi oshesha kakhulu wokukhetha isivuno ngaphambi kokufika kwengalo yerobhothi nokubamba. Irobhothi likwazi ukubona amakhulukhulu katamatisi ngengxenye yomzuzwana ngaphandle kokuxhuma emafini. I-Virgo igcina amaphuzu ngezinga layo lempumelelo njengomdlalo wevidiyo. Indlela eyakhelwe ngaphakathi yempendulo ihlale ihlola ukusebenza kahle kwayo ukuze ifunde ukuvuna noma yikuphi ukucushwa kwezithelo ngempumelelo kakhulu.
“Ucezu lokudla - noma ngabe lokho utamatisi noma amajikijolo noma ikhukhamba - kuwumphumela wezinto eziningi eziguquguqukayo eziyingxenye yenqubo yokukhula. Ukuqoqwa kwedatha okuthuthukisiwe kwesitshalo ngasinye ngerobhothi kungaholela ekuqondeni okusifundisa ngokunembile ukuthi singaklama kanjani amasistimu okudla angcono, aqinile athembekile futhi akhiqiza ukudla okwengeziwe ngezinsiza ezimbalwa,” kusho u-Lessing. "Ukuhlanganisa amandla ne-AppHarvest kufanelekile ngokwemvelo: sifuna ukuqinisekisa ukutholakala okuzinzile, okuphephile kokudla okunomsoco nokunempilo okufanele abantu bakudle - okutshalwe ngendlela eqhubekayo - futhi ukwenza lokho ngesilinganiso se-AppHarvest kusinikeza ithuba lokwenza okukhulu kakhulu. umehluko.”
Ukuqoqa idatha eyengeziwe nge-AI kusiza abalimi ukuthi basebenzise ulwazi lwesikhathi sangempela ukuze bathuthukise imizamo eminingi yokusimama njengokuthola nokuqeda izinambuzane ngokwemvelo, ukusiza amapulazi asendlini akhule ngempumelelo izithelo nemifino engenamakhemikhali.
I-AppHarvestis itshala imali elinganiselwa ezigidini ezingu-60 zamaRandi, ehlanganisa cishe imali eyizigidi ezingu-$10 kanye nebhalansi kumasheya avamile we-AppHarvest, ukuze ithole i-Root AI. Inkampani izokhipha cishe amasheya angu-2,328,000 okwenziwayo.
Yasungulwa ngo-2018, i-Root AI izinze e-Somerville, e-Mass., futhi inabasebenzi besikhathi esigcwele abangu-19, bonke okulindeleke ukuthi bajoyine iqembu lezobuchwepheshe le-AppHarvest ukusiza ukuqhubekisela phambili umgomo wokwakha ukudla okuqinile nokusimeme.
I-AppHarvest yinkampani yobuchwepheshe esetshenziswayo eyakha amanye amapulazi amakhulu kunawo wonke emhlabeni asezingeni eliphezulu asendlini e-Appalachia atshala umkhiqizo ongewona ama-GMO, amakhemikhali angenazibulala-zinambuzane esebenzisa amanzi angaphansi ngamaphesenti angama-90 kunokulima ezindaweni ezivulekile futhi agaywe kabusha kuphela amanzi emvula kuyilapho ekhiqiza isivuno esingafika ku-30. izikhathi eziphindwe kakhudlwana kunezokulima kwendabuko endaweni efanayo nengenawo amanzi agelezayo ezolimo.
Le nkampani ihlanganisa amasu ezolimo ajwayelekile nobuchwepheshe obusezingeni eliphezulu futhi ibhekana nezindaba ezibalulekile ezihlanganisa ukuthuthukisa ukufinyelela kwabo bonke abantu ekudleni okunomsoco, ukulima ngendlela eqhubekayo, ukwakha ukudla kwasekhaya, nokwandisa ukutshalwa kwezimali e-Appalachia. Indawo yeNkampani engu-60 acre Morehead, Ky. iphakathi kwamapulazi amakhulu angaphakathi e-US
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