![]() Tertill assumes that large plants are wanted, while shoots shorter than an inch are emerging weeds. “Over my career in robotics, it’s the companies that think of a different way to do things with robots that have the big successes.” –Helen Greiner, CEO, Tertill “The Tertill was in the top 1 percent of technology Kickstarters.” “Over my career in robotics, it’s the companies that think of a different way to do things with robots that have the big successes,” says Greiner, explaining that she drew on her experience at iRobot to create a device that wasn’t driven by machine learning or computer vision, but instead used simple sensors to spot garden weeds. Its sole product, the Tertill, is a small garden robot that takes a simple approach to weeding. After steering that product to success as chairman and president of iRobot Corp, Helen Greiner is now CEO of Boston, MA-based Tertill Corporation, a startup that began as a Kickstarter project. When the co-designer of the Roomba robo-vacuum becomes interested in robotic weeders, the rest of us should take notice. Robo-weeders are tidying up everything from domestic gardens to commercial vegetable fields, and the results could have a serious impact. ![]() Now companies are hoping that they can take on something far more mundane: the common weed. Robots have affected manufacturing and medicine, and have even explored the surface of Mars. Bekijk alle kortingen voor studenten en werknemers.Alles Elektronica en Accessoires weergeven.
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