Articles by René Groeneveld

US company InsightTRAC will have its robots commercially deployed in December. The Rover can remove mummies from almond trees. It prevents pests from damaging the quality and yield of crops.

09:00 | Article

InsightTRAC Rover can remove mummies from almond trees

Photo: Ortolanda

22-09 | Article

Ortolanda: ‘Without our radish harvesting and bunching robots, we would need 25 people’

Australian start-up Hone aims to have its first devices for on-farm grain analysis ready for sale by start of the grain harvest this year.

20-09 | Article

On-farm grain analysis technology available for harvest 2022

The outdoor harvesting machine is fully electric, with an on-board generator supplying the power. - Photo: Koppert Machines

15-09 | Article

Radish harvesting robot saves growers up to 50% in costs

Farmer Sam Coulton says the cotton fields easily ‘swallowed up’ the shredded cotton material, giving him confidence that this composting method has practical long term potential. - Photo: Australian Cotton

07-09 | Article

The benefits of returning cotton textile waste to fields

Only in almond orchards virtually 100% mechanisation has been achieved over the past decades. The autonomous Rover of InsightTRAC optimises yield with an accurate and reliable mummy-removal system. - Photo: InsightTRAC

22-08 | Article

Off-the-shelf components to speed up harvest automation

Andrew Hannon and Anna Falkiner of Cropify. “The grade can be misclassified and that is what Cropify wants to get rid of.” - Photo: Cropify

17-08 | Article

Cropify offers growers technology for objective grain classification

A John Deere autonomous electric tractor prototype. - Photo: John Deere

10-08 | News

John Deere electric autonomous tractor to reach Australian farms by 2026

The success of summer chickpeas will rely on significant grower consultation to see how they might manage the shorter window on farm. - Photo: GRDC

04-08 | News

Improving the heat tolerance of chickpeas

LYRO can retrofit its robotic packer into existing packing lines. - Photo: LYRO Robotics

02-08 | Article

LYRO to deliver robotic packers to growers

Groeneveld

René Groeneveld Correspondent for Australia