Ndị na-eto eto Western na-ebute ụzọ n'ịkwalite ọrụ ihe ubi zuru ụwa ọnụ iji mee ka akpaaka owuwe ihe ubi dị ngwa n'ofe ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ọhụrụ, na ebumnuche nke imezi 50% nke owuwe ihe ubi n'ime afọ 10.
“Kemgbe ihe karịrị afọ iri, ndị otu anyị agbaala mgba na ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị ọrụ na-ebelata ebelata. Ọ bụrụ na anyị ejikọtaghị ọnụ dị ka ụlọ ọrụ iji wepụta ngwa ngwa ngwa ngwa ngwa ngwa maka ndị ọrụ ugbo na mba a, ọ ga-abụ na ngbanwe nke ọrụ mmepụta ọhụrụ na mba ndị ọzọ ga-abawanye nke ukwuu, "Onye isi ala Western Growers na CEO Dave Puglia kwuru. akwụkwọ akụkọ. " Global Harvest Automation Initiative (GHAI) bụ ebumnuche ozugbo na ihe ịma aka a, na nhazi nke ọtụtụ ndị isi ụlọ ọrụ na ndị mmekọ na mbọ a bụ ihe ngosipụta siri ike nke ntinye aka anyị jikọrọ aka na ịga nke ọma."
Atumatu a zuru ụwa ọnụ bụ nke nwere ọtụtụ ọrụ dị mkpa emebere iji dozie nsogbu ọrụ ụlọ ọrụ ag ebe n'otu oge na-enyere ụlọ ọrụ mmalite akpaaka iwe ihe ubi aka ịzụ ahịa na ọnụ ahịa n'ike n'ike:
- Teknụzụ Stack: Usoro nhazi nka edekọtara nke ga-enyere ndị mbido aka itinye ụkpụrụ ụlọ ọrụ n'usoro ka robots ha wee banye n'ọhịa na ahịa ngwa ngwa.
- Cohort Automation Harvest: A ga-ahọpụta otu ìgwè nke mmalite akpaaka dabere na ntinye ụlọ ọrụ iji nweta ohere pụrụ iche na ntinye sistemu iji nyere aka itinye nchịkọta teknụzụ n'ime ụzọ ngwaahịa ha, atụmatụ maka nkwado ịga-ahịa, nnwale ubi na ọmụmụ ihe.
- Mkpesa Mmetụta: A ga-enye nyocha zuru oke gbasara mmetụta akpaaka owuwe ihe ubi na ụlọ ọrụ ihe ọkụkụ pụrụ iche kwa afọ dabere na metrik ndị na-akụ ihe ọkụkụ.
- Ụzọ okporo ụzọ traction nke owuwe ihe ubi: A ga-ekesa ndepụta nke mmalite akpaaka owuwe ihe ubi ugbu a site n'ụdị ihe ọkụkụ na ọganihu / traction dị n'ahịa.
Otu ndị ọkachamara n'ihe gbasara isiokwu (SMEs) na ag na robotics ga-ewu nchịkọta teknụzụ:
- Companieslọ ọrụ agịga nke ọma (Trimble, Bosch)
- Ndị na-emepụta akụrụngwa mbụ na ụlọ ọrụ ikpo okwu (Ramsay Highlander, Oxbow na SPUDNIK)
- Ụlọ ọrụ injinia AgTech (Milano Technical Group, All-Phase Agricultural Engineering, Red Rooster Engineering na NWFM LLC)
- Ndị otu WG so na ndị na-arụ ọrụ ugbo kacha ukwuu n'ụwa na ịnakwere teknụzụ ọhụrụ (Grimmway Farms, Turlock Fruit Company, Church Brothers Farms, Superfresh Growers na Illume Agriculture)
Ndị otu SME ga-ewulite ihe ndekọ ederede ka mmalite nwee ike jikọọ na ndị na-emepụta traktọ dị ka John Deere, ndị na-emepụta ihe mmetụta dị ka Bosch, ndị na-enye akụrụngwa igodo dị ka Trimble, na ndị mmekọ mmepụta ihe ndị ọzọ.
The Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission (WTFRC) abụrụla onye mmekọ bụ isi maka WG n'ịkwado GHAI site n'inye ndụmọdụ maka SMEs na mmalite owuwe ihe ubi na traction dabere na ahụmịhe afọ 52 WTFRC nwere na mmepụta mkpụrụ osisi. Na mgbakwunye, WTFRC enyela $200,000 na ego n'ime afọ atọ iji kwado atụmatụ GHAI n'ozuzu ya.
Ines Hanrahan, onye isi ụlọ ọrụ WTFRC kwuru, "Ụlọ ọrụ ihe ọkụkụ pụrụ iche kwesịrị ịrụkọ ọrụ ọnụ iji dozie akpaaka owuwe ihe ubi site n'ịgbalite ngwa ngwa nke ihe ọhụrụ na nkuchi." "Usoro ikpo okwu Western Growers na-ewere ma mmalite na ụlọ ọrụ na-akwado ya dịka ụzọ kachasị mma na-aga n'ihu iji nweta ihe mgbaru ọsọ a n'ikpeazụ."
WG mere ngwakọ mmadụ na ihe omume mebere na February 11, 2021, na Tulare, Calif., iji kwuwapụta mmalite gọọmentị nke Global Harvest Automation Initiative. Enwere ike ịchọta akụrụngwa na ozi zuru ezu gbasara GHAI na WG Center maka Innovation & Teknụzụ webụsaịtị ebe a.