A burrowing robot which ‘swims’ through grain bulks to ensure crops are stored more efficiently has been launched by agritech developer Crover.
The t-shaped robot, which is being funded by Innovate UK, Scottish Enterprise and private funders, has been designed to offer farmers better insight into the environmental conditions of grain crops, such as wheat and barley, when stored in sheds or silos.
Traditional processes for store checks, which rely on manual sampling with a spear, are often time consuming, labour intensive and potentially hazardous.
