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To cope with the current situation of the coconut tree climbers, Kochi-native Charles Vijay Varghese has come up with an innovation of SAPER — the world’s first coconut sap tapping robot.
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To collect toddy from a single coconut tree, a labourer has to climb up the tree at least 270 times. But SAPER brings down this number to two; once for installation and once to dismantle.
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The agri-tech startup, Nava Design & Innovation Pvt Ltd, was founded in 2016 by Varghese and is working towards bringing AI and robotics to the agricultural sector.
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#AgriTech #IndianStartup #RobotInnovation #TheBetterIndia
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