Automat: Meet Luna the Robotic Monitoring System for Greenhouses
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Produce is grown across somewhere between 250 and 300 million square feet of commercial greenhouse space in the U.S.. That's a whole lot of crops that need to be monitored to make sure they are watered, properly lit and healthy. Thankfully, iUnu (pronounced "yoo-noo") is here to help. The company makes Luna, a robot that scurries around on rails mounted to the ceilings of greenhouses. Using a variety of cameras, sensors and computer vision, Luna helps greenhouse growers better understand and manage the welfare of their crops to improve overall yield. For this week's Automat podcast, I sat down with iUnu Co-Founder and CEO, Adam Greenberg to learn more about the culture around greenhouse growing, and how Luna works to make it better
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