" We are preparing to launch Phoenix , a UV - C golem based on our autonomous modular robotic platform , contrive to battle powdery mildew and other fungi in greenhouses . We see Phoenix providing note value for crops such as cucumbers , tomato plant , peppers , strawberries , and potentially cannabis , " say Robert Vahedi , co - beginner and Chief Operating Officer at Advanced Intelligent Systems ( AIS ) .
AIS is a Canadian usance robotics technology firm that develops sovereign modular solutions to address travail and other toll challenges in farming . While AIS is able-bodied to produce customer - ready product , its gist strategy is to enable other businesses that want autonomous robotic solutions to reduce their development price , time , and risk , by offering a deep library of software system and hardware modules that AIS can pronto customize to suit specific necessity .
Now , the ship’s company is quick to bring its Phoenix weapons platform to grocery store to specifically address the self-directed treatment of fungi in vegetable horticulture .
" It ’s been known for some time that UV - C radioactivity can be helpful against fungi , but the problem was turn out how to go for it and what the environment would attend like when you want to practice it efficiently . With Phoenix , we can apply it autonomously and permit the automaton body of work at night from row to row . With our remote teleoperation capableness , we can also visually diagnose issues the robot may encounter and , if possible , sail it around obstacles or alter the robot ’s mission , " explains Robert .
Phoenix has been trialed at a glasshouse research facility at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Langley , British Columbia , as well as in some local commercial cucumber and tomato greenhouses . As Robert explains , the variability in the growth pattern of greenhouse crops means that Phoenix may need some customization to accommodate specific crop . The first version of Phoenix is adapted to crop up to 2 meter improbable , and AIS is working on increase the height as necessary for vine crops . The troupe is also developing iterations that are to increase UV - deoxycytidine monophosphate effectiveness on the plants .
With funding from the Government of British Columbia , Advanced Intelligent Systems will be attending 2022 GreenTech in Amsterdam and will convey its first version of Phoenix for display and demonstration . The AIS squad is eager to meet with distributors , growers , and investors to discuss the Phoenix platform as well as AIS ' suite of farming automaton and excogitation capabilities .
" When we launched the company eight years ago , robots were like science fable for these coating . Since then , the market has completely changed as the applied science evolves , the proletariat cost keep back increasing , and the market place requirement for fully autonomous solutions grows – and custom self-reliant robotlike solutions are what we do , " say Robert .
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