Weed control is a big obstacle for farmers to transition to organic agricultureThere are 3 main problems: 1. Close to the vegetables it still has to be done manually 2. People working the land are in increasing short supply 3. Weeding is weather dependent and has to be planned carefully, but farmers have to commit to outside labor months in advance All of this makes weeding expensive
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Our Team
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Tim Kreukniet - CEO
Tim comes with 10+ years of cleantech and entrepreneurial experience in both Netherlands and the US. He has a strong focus on customer succes and revenue. Tim is absolutely amazed by the level of ingenuity, pragmatism and endurance farmers display every day as they create the food that we eat.
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Mohamed Boussama - CTO
Mohamed is the brain of the company. With 10+ years in the aerospace industry he is applying his understanding of complex systems to agricultural robots. Mohamed comes from a Tunisian farmers family, where he witnessed first hand how cost and access to labor made it impossible to run a profitable farm
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Why us
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Trab is the Tunisian word for soil. Our motivation for this is simple; as we are talking to more farmers, we are learning more and more about the importance of soil. Good soil creates healthy food, is resistant to weather events and supports all life on earth.
We want to apply the progress in machine learning and robotics to the field of agriculture with 3 specific goals:
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