Compact Robots for Field Operations
XMACHINES
Stage of adaption :
Cultivation Stage
TECHNOLOGY BRIEF
The robots in our portfolio are suitable for dry crops such as cotton, tobacco, chilli and over 60 types of vegetables. Further attachments can be developed on these robots for operations such as fertilizer micro-dosing, seeding, sapling plantation, harvesting, etc. The technology developed is the perfect solution for dealing with labour shortage issues being faced by the Indian agriculture industry while propelling the existing agricultural practices in the direction of advanced precision agriculture.
We are working to transform the Indian agriculture by combining India’s traditional agricultural practices with advanced technologies such as Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & IoT.
BENEFITS
1. Solves labour shortage problems
2. Reduces chemical input costs as every drop of chemical is used only as required
3. Allows for timely farm operations as these robots will be rented as service
4. Cuts costs of up to 72% on intensive tasks
5. Increases yields of crop through precision agriculture
6. Creates micro-entrepreneurs through our franchisee models
TECHNOLOGY READINESS
MVP stage
Pilot runs and demo’s with Bayer, Nuziveedu Seeds are in pipeline
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Technology Not Protected
CERTIFICATION
Not Applicable
TARGET CUSTOMERS
• Dry row-crop farmers with land owning of between 7 – 25 Acres
• Agro companies
• Research Organisations
SCALABILITY
The product is a mass producible robot which can be deployed in every Indian farm. The business model which is being developed around franchisee structure and renting services makes it extremely scalable to reach every nook and corner of the country.
LIMITATIONS
Funding is the only bottleneck. We have not been favoured by VC’s or large funding institutions for raising capital as it is a risky venture. The lack of funds is greatly preventing us to work and launch at the speed and scale we want to.
We can get this product to a mass producible scale and commercialise it in 8 months’ time if we have funds of Rs. 16 Cr today.
TECHNOLOGY COST
Rs. 5,49,000 market price with < 7 Month ROI.
SOCIAL IMPACT
This product catapults Indian agriculture to an entirely new level while creating large number of micro-entrepreneurs across the country while still doing agriculture in a eco-sensitive and profitable and efficient manner.
CONTACT
kisanmitr@indiancst.in
TOLL FREE
1800 258 2010
ONLINE HELP DESK
+91 97 429 79 111