Dec 15, 2023Winners named in World Ag Expo top automation products competition
Results are in for World Ag Expo’s 2024 Top-10 New Products Competition. The winners will be showcased Feb. 13-15, 2024 during the World Ag Expo in Tulare, California.
The impressive field of new products were submitted for the contest by exhibitors of the annual agricultural show. Products ranged from simple solutions to autonomous robots. The contest judges consisted of farmers, ranchers, and industry professionals.
Winners will be noted on show maps, marked with “Top-10 Winner” flags at the show, and recognized at an awards session at World Ag Expo Opening Ceremonies on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.
The competition is conducted annually by the International Agri-Center in conjunction with World Ag Expo, which draws more than 1,200 exhibitors and an estimated annual average of 100,000 individuals from 60 countries. Exhibitors must nominate their products for judging by the Oct. 31 deadline to be eligible.
For more information on the contest and winners, including contacts, please email [email protected].
Shockwave X by OMC Orchard Machinery Corp., Yuba City, California
Shockwave X is the World’s First Autonomous Tree Shaker. Orchard Machinery Corp along with Bonsia have created the first Driverless Tree Shaker with no Lidar or GPS. The machine will also be outfitted with a deck for shaking pistachios. Built on a Proven OMC chassis that allows continuous movement and efficiency, including 100 Vision based Autonomy that allows the machine to work in heavy dust and Zero cell service conditions.
Amiga V7 by Farm-ng, Watsonville, California
Amiga V7 by Farm-ng is an electric, configurable, 1.3HP platform that allows farmers, developers, and researchers to haul, tow, spray, apply composts and assist in other essential roles. The platform is the erector set of farm tools where the same machine can be configured over the row, wide, narrow, with intelligence and tools that lift or rotate. The intelligence platform has an open API allowing students, developers and even elementary school students to code and configure the machine to collect data, integrate with other tools, and perform repeated robotic tasks. With the GPS guidance system, it can perform precision steering and weed the same plots it seeded earlier in the year with minimal or no operator intervention.
BlueSpra by Bluewhite, Fresno, California
BlueSpray brings autonomous precision spraying capabilities to growers in orchards and vineyards. BlueSpray leverages Bluewhite’s autonomous tractor sensing capabilities to provide plant-based spraying in high resolution that can integrate into any existing sprayers, adjusting spray volume and pressure in real-time based on plant size and density, reducing the amount of chemicals used and reducing spray drift without compromising on coverage. The BlueSpray data feeds into the Bluewhite data platform and is immediately available to the grower and to an agribusiness ecosystem for data insights, compliance, and business optimization.
Burro Grande, plus Atlas Online Route Creation by Burro, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Electric GUSS by GUSS Automation, Kingsburg, California
EZ Cut Seal Remover by Country Enterprises, Lucan, Minnesota
Verdant Robotics Model B Smart Sprayer by Verdant Robotics, Hayward, California
Oliver Colibri by Sutton Ag Enterprises, Salinas, California
Shark Wheel SWIFT Irrigation Wheel by Shark Wheel Agriculture, Mission Viejo, California
Standard PTO Ki by Tractor Protection Products, Blue Ridge, Texas