Renderings of autonomous micro-carrying robots | Courtesy – Artwa
Artwa (CEO Kang Dong-woo) will hold the ‘7 Agri & Food Tech Start-up Rising Expo 26’ held at COEX Hall A in Seoul for three days from July 28th (Wed) to 3th (Fri). ‘ said he would participate.
Artwa is a company that has developed a multi-purpose amphibious robot platform. By adding infinite orbits to intelligent robots that move autonomously, amphibious robotics are realized, and through this, functions such as water quality measurement, drainage exploration, and autonomous transportation are realized.
Their robots aim to minimize the burden of social problems such as labor shortages and industrial accidents by minimizing manpower management in various industrial environments. In addition, the company explains that it aims for high-efficiency and eco-friendly mobility with a powertrain composed of stacked solar panels and lithium-ion batteries.
At this exhibition, Artwa will showcase its flagship product, an autonomous micro-carrying robot. With a size of 1,150 × 550 × 150, it is possible to drive relatively freely even in cramped areas, and as it can load and operate up to 9 fruit transport boxes in an orchard, it can also make a great contribution to improving mobility at agricultural sites.
In particular, it enables two-track work that can complete transportation at the same time as harvesting with operator tracking and autonomous transportation functions, and supports long-distance RF control in preparation for emergency situations, allowing users to select a steering method optimized for various situations. In addition, by adopting an endless track type and a simple charging method, it overcomes various working environments and maximizes user convenience.
An official from Artwa said, “Most of the orchards are in the open terrain, and transportation in a specific area after harvest is carried out by manpower.” We expect to be able to drastically solve the emerging issues of aging and labor shortages,” he said, revealing the background of product development.
“The final goal is to advance and modularize the form of our self-driving robot so that a series of processes such as SS machine, autonomous transportation, autonomous transportation, and errands can be solved with one robot,” he said. I hope it will be a place of opportunity to seek mutual idea exchange and collaboration between companies.”
Meanwhile, at AFRO 2023, the largest Agtech & Foodtech event in Korea, domestic startups with global growth potential in Agtech, Foodtech, and Green Bio will exhibit products and services to solve various problems in the agriculture and food industries, Various programs such as conferences discussing the present and future of Agtech and Foodtech and investment briefings (IR competitions) are held. This exhibition is hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and supervised by the Korea Agricultural Technology Promotion Agency, NH Nonghyup, COEX, and the Korea Food Tech Council.