A Hawke's Bay apple exporter has seen a doubling in what it can process due to artificial intelligence and robotics.
A Hawke's Bay apple exporter has seen a doubling in what it can process due to artificial intelligence and robotics in his packhouse.
Every day, about 10 40 foot shipping containers of apples are trucked out of Taylor Corp Apple's packhouse to be exported around the world. The Napier packhouse is processing 12,000 to 14,000 cartons of apples a day, which is about 3000 apples a minute.
The family owned business has been exporting apples for over 100 years, and fourth generation grower Cameron Taylor told RNZ a lot has changed since then, as these days the entire packing process is fully automated.
Cameron Taylor.
