FFRobotics

FFRobotics Overview

Fresh Fruit Robotics offers an orchard management system with an online platform that provides traceability, data insights, and partner recommendations by tree and fruit location to ensure orchard value and sustainability. This system is partnered with a production-ready, high-volume, autonomous tree fruit harvesting platform using machine learning and AI that selects fruit based on producer’s criteria, and delivers the harvested fruits to the bin with high quality. Future uses of this machine will include additional operations to support season-long management of the orchard and the related data to provide additional insights. The company has developed a robotic fresh fruit harvester that enables growers to reduce costs by supplementing or replacing human workers. The harvester minimizes fruit damage and increases efficiency and productivity by precisely and gently picking more usable fruit than an average human worker. FFRobotics' harvester combines precise and simple robotic controls; fast and accurate image processing; and advanced algorithms for identifying the location, color, and size of the fruit available for picking. In the future, the harvester will be able to distinguish usable produce from damaged, diseased, or unripe fruit; and also thin and prune, making it useful over multiple harvesting seasons. In addition, it can be easily modified to pick different types of fresh fruit (e.g. citrus, peaches, pears, mangos, and pomegranates).

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Jan 31, 2018 · venturebeat.com

growth-positive

Japan's Line turns to SoftBank and cryptocurrency to make its messaging app a one-stop shop

Japanese mobile messaging company Line has offloaded a majority stake in its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) subsidiary to SoftBank. Line also announced the establishment of Line Financial Corporation, a subsidiary that will serve as a complementary business to its existing mobile payments company, Line Pay. Line plans to become a one-stop shop for digital transactions, offering services such as mobile networks, games, apps, carpooling, and smart speakers. The partnership with SoftBank will allow Line to switch from NTT DoCoMo to SoftBanks network and leverage SoftBanks promotional and financial strength. Line Financial will facilitate transactions of financial products, including loans and insurance, and also plans to serve as a cryptocurrency exchange. Line Pay processed ¥450 billion ($4.1 billion) in transactions last year.

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May 1, 2017 · www.design-engineering.com

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Robots designed to pick delicate fruit may help deal with labour shortage - Design Engineering

FFRobotics and Abundant Robotics are developing robotic fruit-picking machines to address labor shortages in Washington states agriculture industry. The machines are expected to have a growth-positive impact on the companies. The key theme of the article is the adoption of robotic technology in agriculture. The key issues discussed in the article are customers and partners. The article does not mention specific customers or partners. The event described in the article does not have a specific date. The confidence level of the answer is 8.

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Apr 28, 2017 · www.dailymail.co.uk

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Biggest orchards could soon use ROBOT fruit pickers

FFRobotics and Abundant Robotics are developing robotic fruit pickers that could replace farm workers in Washington state. The machines have three-fingered grips or suction to grab and harvest fruit from trees. The robotic pickers are expected to be able to harvest up to 10,000 apples an hour. While the machines could help address labor shortages and reduce the dependence on immigrant workers, experts have expressed concerns about the displacement of valuable members of the Washington community. The use of robotic pickers could lead to job losses for human workers, many of whom are immigrants. The cost of the machines is likely to be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars each. The machines are expected to be available in the next couple of years.

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Apr 10, 2017 · www.goodfruit.com

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The latest on FF Robotics' machine harvester

FF Robotics, an Israel-based company, is developing an automated apple harvester that uses a three-pronged gripper for picking. The harvester incorporates a fruit identification algorithm that learns in each orchard, allowing it to adapt to different cultivars and canopy structures. The company plans to bring a prototype to test in orchards in Washington this fall. The harvester is expected to be able to harvest about 85 percent of the crop, with the remaining apples to be hand-picked. Despite the labor cost of hand-picking, the founder of FF Robotics expects the harvester to offer growers a return on investment in just two years.

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Mar 22, 2016 · www.freshplaza.com

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Employees: 1-10

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Sderot Yitshak Rabin 1, Kadima Zoran, Israel

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