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Earlier today we organized the eighth edition of I-Grow Inside. Here Timo Kleijwegtโ๏ธ, Sales & Product Manager at Certhon; Boy de Nijs, Product Manager Labour & Robotics at Ridder and Renko Schuil, Sales Manager Indoor Farming at TTA talked about the topic '๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐จ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐?'. ๐ค๐ชด Moderator Matthijs van den Beukel brought in several statements to stir up the conversation between the three panellists. Let's recap some of the most important takeaways. ๐คฉ
๐ฆพ Robots are not meant to be faster employees, but they can make a difference in consistency, reliability, optimization and business growth
๐ฆพ There is no competition between humans and robots, it's about collaboration, robots can work in harsh environments and humans are better in making decisions on data
๐ฆพ Growers need to start implementing robots faster, it's better to fail and learn in an early stage so changes can be made, this helps speeding up the developing process, in this case it's about sharing the risk with the developer
๐ฆพ A lot of labor can be saved by bringing the plant to the robot instead of the robot to the plant, but for this new cultivars need to be developed and that costs time
๐ฆพ Co-creation is important for developers, first they need to make the market and convince the growers of their products, but of course competition keeps them sharp
๐ฆพ Robots can work 24/7, but we have to be aware that the complete chain we have in place needs to be alligned to this as well
๐ฆพ It's helpful if the government subsidizes projects in robotization, it creates an incentive to be innovative in horticulture, in a later stage products should stand on their own.