Solinftec launches Solix Hunter, a Brazilian technology eliminating insects at Agrishow 2023

Solinftec announced the launch of Solix Hunter, a robot that operates at night using specific wavelengths of light to attract insects and eliminate them using electroshock.

The novelty was presented at Agrishow 2023, one of the largest agricultural fairs in Brazil, which is receiving special coverage by AgroPages.

The Hunter model was developed to roam the fields at night to combat pests before they reach the oviposition stage, or the female's egg leaving without posing a risk to pollinators, beneficial insects of daytime behavior.

Hunter manages to control pests of greater economic interest to agribusiness, such as Lepdóptera (moths); Coleoptera (beetles, such as weevils); Orthoptera (grasshoppers and paquinhas); Hemiptera (whitefly and corn leafhopper) and Diptera (flies and mosquitoes).

″The idea is to have a single platform where it will be possible to incorporate sensors and devices forming solutions for different missions in the field,″ explained the leader of the robotics area, Thiago Rodrigues.

″It will be similar to our way of operating with Solinftec's base solutions when we add several functionalities to the same hardware, all of which is still incorporated into our Alice AI artificial intelligence,″ he added.

In addition to the Hunter, the Sprayer and the soil compaction analysis device are now on the market.

The device is a penetrograph capable of conducting resistance analysis by generating results on layers from 0 to 40 cm, representing the current compaction situation of the point of interest in the field.

This data will serve as a guide for planning and directing soil conservation and preparation actions, serving as a basis for good farming practices from the beginning.

″This device will meet a latent need in the sugarcane segment, which suffers from a 30% reduction in the productive potential of sugarcane crops due to compaction in these layers,″ said Emerson Crepaldi, Head of Operations at Solinftec for North America (South).

″This solution comes as part of the Cana+ Program launched this year at Agrishow. This device will generate highly relevant data in the search for a direct increase in productivity in sugarcane fields,″ Crepaldi said in conclusion.

The Sprayer robot, for spraying, also launched at Agrishow, is 2.5 by 2m in addition to 12 meters of bars.

Like the other models, it is powered by four solar panels that control its drive system and spray system, providing reports on crop populations; weed identification and densities; insect identification, among other layers of maps for data analysis for the producer 24x7.

The Sprayer keeps crops clean, free of invasive plants and ensures sustainable production from pre-planting to harvest.

The Solix Sprayer can carry out the precise application of herbicides, allowing efficient control of weeds, preventing their spread, and competition for nutrients with the target crop.

Another point of efficiency concerning the Sprayer model is its ability to avoid drift while handling herbicides. Since it is a lighter machine and operates at a lower speed, it presents greater stability of the booms while still respecting the spacing recommendation between beaks, normally 50 cm.

In addition to the weather function, the Sprayer works integrated with the ALICE platform, which can also provide the most appropriate wind speed recommendations and the best times for spraying crops.

The Sprayer provides spray maps with input analysis and can handle up to 200 hectares per day, depending on field shape and terrain.

(Editing by Leonardo Gottems, reporter for AgroPages)