The Tensorfield team spent most of 2022 field testing the viability of thermal micro-jetting for weed control on test fields based in Salinas with the help of Dr Steve Fennimore and John Rachuy. Lethality testing was promising, with practically 100% lethality measured for weeds treated. The sprayers in the nozzle array shown below are spaced …
Tensorfield has commenced field testing of its V2 robotic chassis in the Salinas valley here in California. Tensorbot’s small footprint enables easy transport to the fields with just a midsize pickup truck and 12′ utility trailer. Integrated suspension units and a short wheelbase make easy work of entering customer fields, with ample ground clearance and …
When the pandemic struck earlier in the year, we decided we needed to move our prototypes from the workshop in Shenzhen (where we’d previously done all of our prototyping) to our office in California. However, turns out moving over a ton of machinery internationally is not as straightforward as one would hope. The first thing …
For image collection on customer sites, and to provide initial weed treatment quotations, a lightweight remote-controlled rover was designed and built for easy two-person maneuverability (named Snappy, as it snaps photographs at a rate of 60-120 frames per second). For interested growers (specialty – 40/80 inch beds): please get in touch with us to arrange …
Our computer vision pipeline detects weeds within the seedline, even when weeds are a similar size or larger than the keeper crops. Our algorithm runs in real-time, allowing our thermal sprayers to accurately target the weeds for removal while leaving your crop stand unharmed.
Tensorfield has constructed a modular robotic platform for testing of our automated thermal weeding payload. High power requirements due to the heating of vegetable oil to weed-lethal temperatures had to be accommodated during the design phase. Full suspension and high ground clearance were key to being able to deal with the challenging terrain on our …
Thermal micro-dosing is a method of weed control in which extremely small doses of very hot vegetable oil are applied to post-emergent weeds in the most weed-challenged areas such as within the seedline of dense crop stands. Research conducted by UC Davis and funded by the Tomato Research Institute in 2012 successfully demonstrated this technology …
Tensorfield Agriculture was featured in a Channel News Asia documentary covering the rise of China as the hardware capital of the world. We were interviewed at our SOSV/HAX Accelerator space and gave them a short tour of the bustling Huaqiangbei electronics markets. Channel News Asia Insight Series 2020/2021 Ep. 1: China’s Digital Empire
Tensorfield Agriculture was selected to present our herbicide-free thermal weeding prototype at the first TechCrunch Hardware Battlefield in Shenzhen China. We brought along our prototype: an automated precision sprayer applicable for all 80-inch beds, hitting weeds with 1/2-inch accuracy while leaving densely planted crops like kale, spring mix and spinach to flourish.
The Robotics Challenge was created by Agro Innovation Lab on behalf of BayWa and RWA, two of Europe’s biggest agricultural companies, to identify the most promising up-and-coming solutions in the areas of weed control and fruit and vegetable harvesting. Tensorfield Agriculture was selected as one of six finalists internationally, along with Agrointelli, Cerescon, Deepfield Robotics, …
