First demonstration of new sweet pepper harvesting robot in the greenhouse
The Sweeper consortium was invited to hold the first live demonstration of its new sweet pepper harvesting robot at the De Tuindershoek greenhouse horticulture
Robot for scouting plants in greenhouses
A consortium of three companies, Ecoation, Metazet FormFlex and Micothon, has launched a new robot for scouting plants in greenhouses. Revolutionary patented sensors register
Unique pull wire installation robot
Thanks to the unique pull wire installation robot, working at great heights and installation faults are no longer an issue. Nowadays no greenhouse is
Plant small plants with robot arms
The ISO Robot Plug Planting Machine is a machine with robot arms that can plant small plants in the ground from a plug tray.
Smart packing line for potted plants
The new smart packing line from WPS consists of five individual modules, all members of the SmartStaff robot family. Modules can be combined based
Artificial 3D pepper model for harvesting robot
In the European SWEEPER project, efforts are being made to create a sweet pepper harvesting robot. Part of this project is the development of
Innovation and big data analysis key to four decades of growth
Constant innovation is the key to Metrolina Greenhouses becoming one of the largest and most successful greenhouse growers in the USA. For over four
Priva deleafing robot co-created with growers
Chances are big that the Priva Deleafing Robot will be the winner of the 2016 GreenTech Innovation Award. It is the first robot in
‘Horticultural businesses are becoming software companies.’
Yuri van Geest wrote the bestseller Exponential Organisations together with Salim Ismail and Mike Malone, in which they expose the power of fast-growing organisations
‘A robot has to give you a little something extra.’
Sweeper was launched at the beginning of 2015. The goal of this project is to develop a harvesting robot for sweet peppers. The robot
‘Fewer neck and shoulder complaints and always a uniform quality.’
Leo van den Harg, of the potted rose nursery in Vierpolders that bears his name, bought a Rombomatic ten years ago: a combination of
‘An integrated robot doesn’t need to be more expensive than a conventional machi...
‘We won’t even begin to consider developing a solution if the pay-back time is longer than three and a half years,’ says Piet Oomen,
‘The introduction of robots requires industrial thinking.’
Millions of products are grown in the horticulture industry, of which none resembles the other. Not only that, growers tend to harvest their crops
Waiting for the horticulture robot
Robots appear to be the best solution to combat the rising cost of labour. After all, they can work 24 hours a day, without
