A Brazilian startup dedicated to the development of agricultural machinery based on Artificial Intelligence He focused on Argentina: he is analyzing landing in our country as part of his regional expansion plan, where he wants to reach with your optical irrigation and fertilization devices for the agricultural and forestry sectors.
It is about AutoAgroMachineswhich among its most famous products has the Forest.Bot program, which runs a replanting machine capable of planting up to 1,800 plants per hour using artificial intelligence and automation. According to its manufacturers, this technology can also help reverse some of the environmental damage, restoring forests and contributing to the regulation of the water cycle.
To advance these objectives, the startup is managing financing for US$140 million, which will be used to build a factory and a Research and Development (R&D) Center during 2025.
The objective is accelerate production of 14 new autonomous robot projectsall based on solutions that use artificial intelligence for irrigation and optical fertilization, among other equipment for the agricultural and forestry sectorsin addition to improving the Forest.Bot prototypes, recognized for its disruptive technology in reforestation.
“To accelerate the pace of reforestation in Brazil and subsequently throughout the world, it is necessary to participate in the market for technological machinery for agriculture,” said Marcello Guimarães, founder and CEO of the company.
Expanding company
The company was founded in 2024 and is in consolidation stage in Brazil. For this year it is proposed to raise the capital for investment in the factory and begin gradual disembarkation in the neighboring countries of the Southern Cone, in addition to the rest of Latin America, Africa, Asia and other countries such as the United States, Australia and Canada.
The factory, together with the R&D center, will have the capacity to meet large-scale demands in Brazil and the world, strengthening the impact of autonomous robots in the forestry and agricultural sectors.
The agtech firm, which has already received financing from the Superintendency of the Manaus Free Zone (Suframa) and the International Center for Software Technology (CITS), intends to expand its reach in innovations that combine productive efficiency with sustainability.
“We believe that technology is the bridge to balance economic development and environmental preservation. We consider these investments to be a step towards a greener and more innovative future for agribusiness,” explained Guimarães.
AutoAgroMachines, based in Boa Vista, capital of Roraima, near the border with Venezuela and Guyana, applies artificial intelligence to optimize planting and accelerate reforestation, generating better results in forestry. Its approach was highlighted in the Smart Forests project at the University of Cambridge, which studies the use of technologies for sustainable forest management, reinforcing the importance of innovation in the environmental field.
The robot machine that allows planting up to 1,800 trees per hour with the support of Artificial Intelligence tools was named Installation and uses the Forest.bot system. It was developed in collaboration with Incomagri, an agricultural machinery manufacturer from Itapira, in São Paulo.
It managed to attract the attention of forestry companies for its ability to operate in commercial forests for the production of paper, pulp and wood. Unlike other equipment on the market, the sliding planting system allows the nozzle to introduce the plant into the soil without dragging the soil while the machine moves.
This feature prevents the plant from being dragged, a common problem in other machines that may require subsequent manual adjustments, compromising the development of the tree.
The system ensures that the plant is planted without exposing the substrate where the root is locatedwhich cannot be left out of the ground. It also does not drown the stem, which cannot remain lodged in the soil.
The entire process is carried out automatically, with AI resources, which checks in real time planting quality of each plant. Besides, create a georeferenced map with information about each plant for subsequent use by mechanized forest management systems, such as optical irrigation and intelligent irrigation.
Source: Ambito
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