I-ESA BIC Noordwijk incubatee Trabotyx ithole i 460.000 euro ukutshalwa kwezimali kusukela esikhungweni sokuthuthukiswa kwesifunda i-BOM, abatshalizimali bezingelosi kanye nabalimi ngabanye. I-Trabotyx, eyasungulwa ngu-Tim Kreukniet (i-CEO) kanye no-Mohamed Boussama (CTO), yakha irobhothi lokulima elinembayo ukuze ngesikhathi esisodwa lizishintshele ekulawuleni ukhula futhi liqaphe ukusebenza kwensimu.
BOM, i-Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (noma i-Brabant Development Fund), iyisikhungo sokuthuthukiswa kwesifunda sase-Dutch. Ngokutshalwa kwezimali kwabo, kanye nabatshalizimali abangakahleleki njengabalimi nezingelosi, benza isiqiniseko sokuthi isifundazwe saseNoord-Brabant siyakwazi ukuthola izixazululo zokulima ezinoveli ezinikezwe irobhothi laseTrabotyx. Kuleli hlobo izivivinyo zokuqala zizobanjwa emasimini ezolimo eBrabant.
Ukuze I-Trabotyx kusho isingeniso esisheshayo semakethe njengoba izimali zizosetshenziselwa ukuthuthukisa ubuchwepheshe babo. Ithimba lilindele ukwethula inguqulo yokuqala yerobhothi layo emakethe ngonyaka ozayo.
Ukukhipha i-automation
Inkampani izogxila kwizaqathi kuqala, isitshalo esibona umsebenzi wezandla kakhulu emkhakheni wezinto eziphilayo. Eminyakeni emi-5, i-Trabotyx ihlose ukunikeza bonke abalimi izixazululo zokukhula ezishibhile kunokufafaza amakhemikhali - ngaleyo ndlela ikhuthaze uguquko olukhulu lokukhiqiza ukudla okusimeme kuyilapho ivikela umgomo wabalimi. Ngalesi sixazululo, i-Trabotyx ifuna ukunikeza abalimi ukuthula kwengqondo kanye nokwehliswa kwezindleko zabasebenzi ngamaphesenti angama-25 ngokushesha.
“Ukuhlakula okwakhathesi kwenziwa ngesandla kubalimi bemvelo kumbe ngokufafaza ama-herbicide ngabalimi abavamileyo. Eyokuqala ayinabungozi, eyesibili inomthelela omubi emvelweni. Ngokuvumelana nemithetho ezayo yaseYurophu, iTrabotyx ibona isidingo esikhulu sokutshala ukhula ngokuzenzakalelayo, ”kusho isikhulu seTrabotyx uTim Kreukniet.
“Lo mzuliswano wokuxhaswa ngezimali uzosivumela ukuthi sisheshise ukuthuthukiswa kwesoftware yethu nehardware futhi siqhubeke sikhulise ithimba lethu lonjiniyela bemikhakha eyahlukene elinabantu abanolwazi nabanekhono. Kuzosivumela futhi ukuthi sichithe isikhathi esiningi nomzamo ekusunguleni nasekuhloleni izindlela ezintsha ekuxazululeni izinkinga eziyinselele zokukhula kwe-weeding, ukuhamba kwamarobhothi azimele, ukwethembeka nokusebenza okubaluleke kakhulu okuphephile”, kusho u-Mohamed Boussama, we-CTO.
Ukutshalwa kwezimali yi-BOM
I-BOM ibona amandla okuqalisa. I-Investment Associate u-Bart van den Heuvel: “Siyajabula ukuthi ngalokhu kutshalwa kwezimali kusenesikhathi singasiza i-Trabotyx ukuthi ithuthukise irobhothi labo lokutshala. Imakethe yamarobhothi ezolimo izokhula isuka ezigidini ezingama-715 iye kuma-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-2.5 eminyakeni ezayo. Ngomkhakha oqinile wezolimo nobuchwepheshe obuphezulu, i-Brabant ibekwe ngendlela efanelekile yokuba neqhaza eliholayo kuleyo makethe. Kuhle ukuthi iTrabotyx manje isiyingxenye ye-ecosystem esiyithuthukisayo mayelana nezolimo ezinembile. "
Ubuchwepheshe bomkhathi kwezolimo
NgoZibandlela wezi-2020 inkampani yajoyina uhlelo lokufakwa kwebhizinisi lwe-European Space Agency eNetherlands, ESA BIC Noordwijk, Kuya basebenzise ubuchwepheshe besikhala berobhothi labo lokulima. I-Trabotyx isebenzisa ubuchwepheshe bendawo ukuze kwenziwe indawo irobhothi ngokunembile. Ukunemba, isebenzisa i-RTK evela ku-GNSS, futhi inkampani ihlola ukusetshenziswa kwe-Galileo's High Accuracy Service.
Umphathi wohlelo ovela kwa-ESA BIC Noordwijk Martijn Leinweber: “Siyajabula ukuzwa i-Trabotyx ithola uxhaso kubabambiqhaza abafanelekile njengabalimi kanye ne-ejensi yokuthuthukiswa kwesifunda enolwazi efana ne-BOM. Kanye nebhizinisi lethu kanye nokwesekwa kwezobuchwepheshe, siyaqiniseka ukuthi lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali kuzoletha i-Trabotyx nerobhothi labo lokulima ezingeni elilandelayo. U-Tim no-Mohamed baphinde babonisa umhlaba ukuthi ubuchwepheshe basemkhathini obufana nokwenza kwasendaweni ukunemba okuphezulu nokubeka amasathelayithi kungasiza kanjani ukulima okuhlakaniphile. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, sijabule kakhulu ngaleli qembu elimangalisayo. "
“Ukuhlakula okwakhathesi kwenziwa ngesandla kubalimi bemvelo kumbe ngokufafaza ama-herbicide ngabalimi abavamileyo. Eyokuqala ayinabungozi, eyesibili inomthelela omubi emvelweni”.
