San Francisco startup Hippo Harvest yakawana $21 miriyoni mu Series B mari kuwedzera ayo otomatiki greenhouse mashandiro, Mobile Robot Guide yakashuma April 16. Kambani inoronga kushandisa mari kutyaira kukura mune otomatiki greenhouse mashandiro uye kuwedzera mashandiro ayo. Rudzi rwechigadzirwa ruchasanganisira chikamu chitsva chemashizha akasvibira miriwo.
Yakavambwa muna 2019, Hippo Harvest inoshandisa yakavharwa-loop regenerative masisitimu kurima zvirimwa zvitsva vachishandisa inodzorwa nharaunda yekurima (CEA) nzira. Ichishandisa modular greenhouse dhizaini, kambani ine chinangwa chekudzikisa mari yemvura, fetereza uye simba uku ichiunza zvigadzirwa padyo nevatengi.
Hippo Harvest, iyo inoshandisa greenhouse yakagadziridzwa muPescadero, California, inoti inokura uye inodhura-inoshanda pane echinyakare greenhouses. Kambani iyi inotarisa pakugovewa kwezviwanikwa kuburikidza nemadiridziro ayo, software uye Zebra Technologies Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), kuve nechokwadi chekugadzira-inodhura uye kushandisa zviwanikwa.
Zvakare, Hippo Harvest inoti nzira dzayo dzekukura dzinovandudza kuchengetedzwa kwechikafu uye kuwedzera hupenyu hwesherufu nekupa zvirimwa nemisanganiswa yezvikafu kubva pazasi, zvichideredza njodzi yehutachiona uye mold. Iyo kambani inoshandisa akasarudzika AMR ane akakosha zvakanamatidzwa kukura nekukohwa zvirimwa, ichipa iwo chaiwo mazinga emvura uye kudya kune hutano zvirimwa.
Kusiyana nekushandiswa kwemishonga yezvipembenene yechinyakare, Hippo Harvest inochengetedza maitiro asina zvipembenene zvinobatsira, mafuta echisikigo uye mimwe mishonga yezvipembenene, ichideredza kukanganiswa kwezvakatipoteredza uye kushanduka kwemhando kuri mukurima kunze. Iyo kambani zvakare inova nechokwadi chekuti zvigadzirwa zvese zvinoiswa mukati mesaiti, vachishandisa zana repurasitiki rakadzokororwa kurongedza.
Standard Investments, kambani yekudyara mari muNew York yakatarisana nekusangana kweindasitiri nehunyanzvi, yakatungamira Hippo Harvest's Series B yekudyara. Congruent Ventures, Amazon Climate Pledge Fund, Hoson Chikafu Ventures, Energy Impact Partners nevamwe vakapindawo mumutambo.
Kuzvipira kweHippo Harvest kuAmazon neGlobal Optimism's Climate Pledge yekuwana net-zero kabhoni panosvika 2040 inosimbisa kuzvipira kwayo kugadzirisa kusagadzikana kunoenderana nemamiriro ekunze muchikamu chitsva chekugovera chikafu. Maitiro ekutanga ane chinangwa chekudzikisira zvakanyanya kushandiswa kwemvura nefetereza kunyangwe munzvimbo dzisina zviwanikwa, uku kuderedza kuburitswa kwemethane kwakabatana nemarara ezvekurima.
Kambani iyi inotenda kuti maitiro ayo anogona kuwedzera kuwanikwa kwechikafu chitsva, chakarimwa munharaunda, kupa nharaunda yakachena uye kupa akachengeteka, akagadzikana mabasa ekurima munharaunda. Vagari veSan Francisco vanogona kuwana zvigadzirwa zveHippo Harvest panzvimbo yavo yeGus's Community Market kana online paAmazon Fresh. Pane zvirongwa zvekuvhura zvimwe zvitoro muNorthern California munguva pfupi iri kutevera.