From the Watertown Daily:
Envision a 15,000-square-foot greenhouse with an automated robot that spans its 52-foot width, sliding back and forth on tracks to water vegetables and till soil to prevent weeds.
That vision will soon be a reality for Agbotic Inc. of Potsdam, a startup business that has been testing a prototype of such a robot for about a year at a farm on County Route 75 in the town of Hounsfield.
Workers began building the large robotic greenhouse earlier this month and plan to have it operational by September, said John P. Gaus of Potsdam, who launched Agbotic last year.
Mr. Gaus said he believes the robotic greenhouses — about $350,000 to build — will be especially popular among farmers in the north country. They have an economic model that will “help farmers make cash” by growing organic vegetables Agbotic would find markets in the north country and Northeast metropolitan markets. He said the technology is expected to be popular across the country and globe.
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