Fieldwork Robotics, a developer of selective, adaptive and modular harvesting robots, has partnered with Dynium, a UK-based firm specialising within the design and manufacture of absolutely autonomous autos for polytunnel and different off-highway functions.Â
The partnership with Dynium opens new prospects for Fieldwork Robotics’ harvesting robots. Growers will profit from larger selection in base navigation platforms to energy Fieldwork’s harvesting payload as this collaboration permits additional interoperability between completely different applied sciences.
Interoperability of expertise is a big benefit to growers and can afford Fieldwork’s clients larger flexibility and decrease working prices.
Moreover, by means of this partnership, Fieldwork’s robots will achieve enhanced energy, improved fleet administration, and smarter autonomous navigation. Dynium autos utilise excessive torque articulated propulsion items (“e-hubs”), enabling a non-skid steer, excessive payload capability automobile.
These programs additionally permit for Fieldwork’s robots to sort out steeper inclines safely and effectively, increasing the vary of farms and terrains the place Fieldwork’s robots will be deployed, serving to to fulfill the rising demand for absolutely built-in options to energy the following technology of autonomous agriculture robots.
This partnership follows the completion of Fieldwork’s 18-month BerryBot Undertaking, half funded by an Innovate UK grant in 2023, which demonstrated the effectiveness of Fieldwork’s base-agnostic strategy and engineering developments.
This collaboration with Dynium additionally opens alternatives for future joint Innovate UK funded tasks, offering a transparent pathway to scale and collaboratively drive innovation for each firms.
David Fulton, Fieldwork Robotics CEO, says: “We’re delighted to collaborate with Dynium, whose autos with superior built-in drives give our robots extra energy, smarter navigation, and the flexibility to function throughout a variety of terrains.
“Most significantly, this partnership ensures our expertise will be seamlessly built-in into farming operations, serving to growers enhance effectivity, scale back labour pressures, and make robotics a sensible, worthwhile a part of fashionable agriculture.
“This is a vital milestone for Fieldwork, and we stay up for creating future improvements along with Dynium.”
Chris Horton, Dynium CEO, says: “Dynium has labored tirelessly to create and develop “BOB”, a platform now recognised by world agronomists and growers as a world main expertise.
“Designed for prime payload capability, correct polytunnel autonomy and minimal soil disturbance, BOB delivers capabilities not accessible in different autos, but vital to cell agritech programs. We are actually excited to supply BOB as a sophisticated autonomous platform underpinning a wider vary of agricultural companies.
“Fieldwork Robotics, on the forefront of robotic harvesting, is an extremely thrilling collaboration which enhances each of our applied sciences, enhancing functionality and adoption.”
