AOPharm Co., Ltd. (CEO Kwak Ho-jae) will hold the ‘7 Agri & Food Tech Start-up Rising Expo 26’ held at COEX Hall A in Seoul for three days from Wednesday, July 28th to Friday, July 3th. )’.
AOPharm is a company established in 2021 that applies deep learning vision inspection technology to agricultural product quality inspection. It possesses deep learning, big data analysis technology, and vision inspection technology, and is currently applying the technology to various agricultural production distribution centers in Korea to help resolve manpower shortages.
‘AIO VISION’, which will be installed at this exhibition, is a system that photographs the front of agricultural products and analyzes the photographed images using deep learning technology to detect external defects and judge quality. The company explains that by focusing on big data and AI technology rather than sensors, the accuracy has increased significantly to over 99%.
An AOPharm official said, “Our technology can be applied to many industries, but we applied it first to the agricultural product industry, where analysis is the most difficult. It is difficult to find workers in the agricultural product industry due to the arduous work during concentrated periods and the nature of being located in remote areas. “I thought a mechanical replacement was necessary to solve this problem,” he said. “AoVision is used in four domestic agricultural product production centers, including tangerines at Seogwipo Agricultural Cooperative, peaches and persimmons at Dongcheongdo Agricultural Cooperative, and apples at Yeongju Agricultural Cooperative. “There is,” he said.
Regarding AOPharm’s future plans, “The goal is to implement an all-in-one inspection system that integrates internal quality inspection and sugar content in addition to the existing external quality inspection. “We will complete product development by next year and commercialize it thereafter,” he said. “Once the product has spread nationwide, we are also seeking ways to create new services by collaborating with various organizations by utilizing the quality data of agricultural products obtained through the device.” “He said.
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.