"The company will make farms more profitable, and increase yield and efficiency, through using small robots instead of tractors. Its arable farming robots Tom, Dick and Harry will enable farmers to be kinder to soil, kinder to the environment, more efficient, more precise and more productive." (smallrobotcompany - press release)
"Wilma: The brains behind the robots. Back at the farm, running the show, is Wilma. Wilma is the beating heart of the FaaS operating system. She extracts the information from our crop data model, and in combination with our AI software, helps you make decisions. Wilma uses precise, up to date data from Tom and converts it into crop care instructions that can be verified by you and implemented by Dick and Harry. Wilma takes in the sum of all farming knowledge, and applies it to the information gathered about the crop. She gives you peace of mind that they are being given the best advice and making the best decisions. You can look at the data as it comes in from the field to make decisions, decisions which will take into account agronomy, soil science and market conditions." (smallrobotcompany) The monitoring robot is in trial now, and the company is collecting data to train the neural networks. The planting robot will be ready for commercial trials in October 2018, while the full service will come on line over the next three years.
Wilma extracts the information from our crop data model, and in combination with our AI software, helps you make decisions.
crop data gathered by the Tom robot
Pilot; results not yet available