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Polly goes to Finland

Israel’s Arugga AI Farming (see here previously) has won its first European contract. Agrifutura Oy, the Finnish producer of tomato brand Nams, will deploy Arugga’s robot tomato pollinator on its 4.6 hectares of greenhouse tomatoes. Arugga’s “Polly” pollinator is already … Continue reading

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Pollinating Australian tomatoes

The Costa Group, Australia’s leading grower of hydroponic glasshouse tomatoes, is to deploy the pollination robots of Israel’s Arugga (see here previously). At peak production, Costa’s 300,000+ square meters of glasshouses in Guyra, New South Wales, contain over one million … Continue reading

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A robotic pollinator for greenhouses

Israel’s Arugga is developing an autonomous robot for treating and monitoring individual plants in greenhouses. Its first module – TRATA – is a robotic pollinator for greenhouse-grown tomatoes. It recognizes pollination-ready flowers and applies calibrated air pulses to the selected … Continue reading

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Investment in Israeli startups (30/5/21)

Global-e Online raised $375 million (IPO); Forter raised $300 million; Sunbit raised $130 million; Wiz raised $120 million; Explorium raised $75 million; Salt Security raised $70 million; Snappy raised $70 million; Rapid Medical raised $50 million; AnyClip raised $47 million; … Continue reading

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