The Rundown Robotic: UV robots reinvent pesticide-free farming. Quote: “If it lives up to its promise, this clever tech is a shot at detoxing America’s favorite fruit, cutting out chemicals, and turning strawberry fields into high-tech, data-driven farms.”

UV robots reinvent pesticide-free farming
Image source: TRIC Robotics
The Rundown: TRIC Robotics has turned strawberry fields into sci‑fi testbeds —deploying autonomous, tractor‑sized “Luna” robots armed with UV‑C light and vacuum systems to zap pests and fungal threats without a drop of harmful pesticides.
The details:
With a $5.5M seed round powering a rapid ramp‑up across California’s Central Coast, TRIC says its Luna fleet is already slashing chemical use by up to 70%.The tech targets strawberries, which consistently rank as the most pesticide-contaminated produce in the U.S., offering a chemical-free alternative.The robots operate overnight, patrolling up to 100 acres at a time and treating crops when UV exposure won’t harm farm workers, plants, or beneficial insects.Instead of selling the robots, TRIC offers a robot-as-a-service model, rolling its fleet onto partner farms, making adoption simple and reducing upfront costs.
Why it matters:

TRIC Robotics is riding the global automation wave, facing off with rivals like Saga Robotics in the UV-C race to transform crop protection. If it lives up to its promise, this clever tech is a shot at detoxing America’s favorite fruit, cutting out chemicals, and turning strawberry fields into high-tech, data-driven farms.

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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