OnTrack: The PCB Design Podcast Revolutionizing Grain Storage: New Tech for Sustainable Agriculture
In this episode of the Altium OnTrack Podcast, join host Zach Peterson as he sits down with Lorenzo Conti, Founder and Managing Director of Crover. Discover how Crover is making waves in agriculture with their pioneering locomotion technology in granular materials.
From swimming through bulk solids to monitoring grain storage conditions, Lorenzo sheds light on how Crover's robot is transforming the grain storage market. Learn about the social and environmental impact, reducing losses, preventing infestations, and improving the overall efficiency of the grain supply chain. If you're interested in the intersection of robotics, hardware, and agritech, this episode is a must-listen. Tune in to explore the future of sustainable agriculture and the exciting innovations happening at Crover.
Show Highlights:
- 0:00 Intro
- 0:59 What Crover Does
- 2:33 Background in Farming?
- 3:48 Why Pursue Robotics in This Area?
- 6:11 Bad Storage and Losses
- 7:50 Other Markets and Food Products
- 8:58 Huge Potential
- 9:26 Larger Items?
- 11:15 How Do Farmers Receive Data?
- 13:21 What the Data Attempts to Predict
- 15:04 How Farmers Use the Data
- 16:37 How Technical Do the Users Want the Data?
- 18:27 Smaller Farmers?
- 19:38 Farmers in Developing Countries?
- 21:36 Working with Government or Nonprofits?
- 22:39 Overall User and Investor Response?
- 24:23 Scaling Challenges
- 27:14 Investor Relations
- 30:09 Cost of Deploying in Developing Countries
- 32:48 Where Does Crover Go Next?
- 35:03 Outro