Organization: TerraClear
Country: USA
Website: www.terraclear.com
Year Founded: 2017
Number of Employees: 11-50
Innovation Class: Technology, Services & Research Innovation
Innovation Subclass: Product Introduction
TerraClear has a vast opportunity to reduce the labor and time needed to prep fields for planting.
Description:
TerraClear’s rock picker, which attaches to skid steers and compact loaders, can collect up to 400 rocks per hour, picking rocks weighing up to 300 pounds without any manual labor.
First, the system uses a drone to map a field and determine the size and location of every rock that needs to be picked. That information is mapped and the most efficient path for picking up the rocks is plotted. The picker follows the path on the map and with the push of a button picks up each rock.
TerraClear is working to integrate artificial intelligence and computer vision with tractor guidance systems to fully automate the entire rock picking process.
TerraClear’s rock picker, which attaches to skid steers and compact loaders, can collect up to 400 rocks per hour, picking rocks weighing up to 300 pounds without any manual labor.
First, the system uses a drone to map a field and determine the size and location of every rock that needs to be picked. That information is mapped and the most efficient path for picking up the rocks is plotted. The picker follows the path on the map and with the push of a button picks up each rock.
TerraClear is working to integrate artificial intelligence and computer vision with tractor guidance systems to fully automate the entire rock picking process.