Agribotix has been recognized with the 2016 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Enabling Technology Leadership.
“Agribotix offers superior drone technology, backed by an unrivaled analytics platform. Along with this, the company’s industry initiatives provide it with greater traction in the precision ag industry,” said Frost & Sullivan Research Analysts Sumit Kumar Pal and Jabez Mendelson. “Ultimately, growth in any organization depends upon customers purchasing from your company, and then making the decision to return time and again. To achieve these goals through technology leadership, an organization must be best in class in three key areas: understanding demand, nurturing the brand, and differentiating from the competition. Agribotix hits the mark on all counts.”
Agribotix focuses on the innovative use of drones both quadcopters and fixed wing to deliver an easy-to-use, end-to-end solution to customers that have little or no experience in operating a drone. The drones are integrated with of the shelf cameras and other sensors for obtaining crop information. Their FarmLens software service analyzes the imagery and data from the drones to provide intuitive, actionable intelligence to farmers. It is compatible with a variety of drones and provides data that can be imported into other precision farm equipment, making it an extremely flexible and easy-to-deploy solution.
“Leveraging drones and the FarmLens™ platform, farmers can calculate germination rates and weed locations to better understand yields and their field’s performance,” said Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Sumit Kumar Pal. “Agribotix’s initiatives to implement various technologies in imaging, drones and data analytics clearly set it apart in the North American PA market.”
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to a company that has developed a pioneering technology that not only enhances current products, but also stokes the development of newer products and applications. The award recognizes the high market acceptance potential of the recipient’s technology.
You can learn more about Agribotix here.
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