Categories: advanced farm technologies

TX robotic strawberry harvester(LEFT), Automatic harvesting by image sensors and AI(RIGHT)

21 September 2021 02:00

Yamaha Motor and Kubota Additionally Invest in U.S. Startup Developing Robots to Automate Strawberry Harvesting - Automation solutions for ground crops and tree crops farming to contribute to labor saving and efficiency -

Tokyo, September 21, 2021 – Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.(Headquarters: Iwata City, Shizuoka, President Yoshihiro Hidaka, hereinafter "Yamaha Motor") and KUBOTA Corporation (Headquarters: Osaka City, Osaka, President Yuichi Kitao, hereinafter "Kubota") have additionally invested in U.S. startup Advanced Farm Technologies (hereinafter "AFT").
AFT is a U.S.- based startup seeking to raise efficiency in

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Yamaha Motor (TOKYO: 7272) is a world-leading enterprise manufacturing land-mobility such as motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles, and electrically power assisted bicycles, marine products such as boats and outboard motors, robotics products such as surface mounters and drones, as well as engagement in the finance business. The company's diverse businesses and wide variety of products are built around its proprietary technologies focused on powertrain, chassis and hull, electronic control, and manufacturing technologies. Yamaha Motor operates global development, production and sales networks through 140 subsidiaries and equity-method affiliates in 30 countries and regions, working to realize our Corporate Mission of being s "Kando* Creating Company."
About 90% of consolidated net sales are generated in more than 180 countries and regions outside of Japan.
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