Centro tecnológico Cartif

Automatic transplanter machine of beetroots and vegetables

Design and construction of a completely automatic machine to transplant various kinds of crops: roots (beetroot) and vegetables (bell pepper, lettuce, etc), with the purpose of improving and reducing the cost of the transplantation technique of these crops, and improving and reducing the environmental impact by decreasing the quantity of pesticides used in the farming of these products.

To this end, we are developing power supply and process control systems designed to reduce, through the automation of the machinery, the heavy costs of manpower that come with the techniques currently in use. This development is carried out using seedling obtained from paper seedbeds existent on the market (like paper-pots in a row or in zig-zag.)