What's New: At the Intel Vision event, Intel demonstrated the possibilities that open when the company pairs a high-bandwidth, low-latency private 5G wireless network with edge computing devices. Intel collaborated with
'As we look to the future for autonomous agriculture, we're extremely optimistic for what 5G edge solutions can enable for customers, helping them create new business and revenue models.'
How It Works: A farmer plots the tractors' routes, and the fleet gets down to business. The tractors move across the vineyard in two shifts around the clock, navigating their way through fields without any humans at the wheel. Sensors on the tractors detect obstacles in their paths, while other sensors steer them around any anomalies.
Working together for more than a year, the companies put the autonomous tractors to work on repetitive tasks - weeding, mowing and applying herbicides - in the farm's 2 square miles of grapevines.
Powering the private wireless network was an edge server with a six-core Intel Xeon D-1528 processor using Intel Smart Edge software that linked the autonomous tractors and sensors.
Meanwhile, Blue White Robotics (BWR), an autonomous devices specialist, delivered the kit that converted existing
Why It Matters: 'BWR approached us with a specific problem. They had a fleet of autonomous tractors in rural farmland, but these machines couldn't talk with each other as there was almost zero connectivity on the farm,' said
What's Next: Agrawal and his team are looking beyond grapevines to their next big challenge. They would like to scale into citrus farms and nut farms, while iterating along the way.
Why nut farms? Mainly for the challenge. Dense clusters of nut trees like macadamia - a commercially critical crop to
Agrawal looks at these farms not just as bunches of plants and trees, but as valuable fonts of information. Each is a data source that will 'drive an insatiable appetite for compute demand at the edge' - but only if we can properly capture and process that data - while 'delivering bigger impact to our customers, our partners and the community that we live in.'
About Intel
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) is an industry leader, creating world-changing technology that enables global progress and enriches lives. Inspired by Moore's Law, we continuously work to advance the design and manufacturing of semiconductors to help address our customers' greatest challenges. By embedding intelligence in the cloud, network, edge and every kind of computing device, we unleash the potential of data to transform business and society for the better. To learn more about Intel's innovations, go to newsroom.intel.com and intel.com.
Contact:
T: 312-360-5123
F: 312-601-4332
E: web.queries@computershare.com
WEB: www.computershare.com
(C) 2022 Electronic News Publishing, source