History

• Crinklaw Farm Services Inc. founded in 1982 in Kingsburg, CA• Services provided by CFS, LP

• Commercial pesticide and herbicide application for trees and vines• Tree-See application• Mechanical wine grape pruning• Mechanical grape harvesting• Soil amendment spreading

• History of innovation and fabrication• Spray up to 5,000 acres a day during peak season

The Idea

• Labor challenges• Labor shortage• Labor costs

• Necessity breeds innovation• 2014 began building autonomous orchard sprayer• Never been done before

GUSS is Born

• GUSS – Global Unmanned Spray System• Completed development late 2017• Very challenging due to loss of GPS in orchard• 1 person can monitor up to 10 machines at a time• Currently developing a vineyard model

GUSS Video

GUSS Advantages

• Labor savings is obvious advantage • Less obvious advantages

• Efficiency• Precision• Safety

Efficiency

• Labor efficiency• Less down time• 4-wheel steering• Nurse truck

reloading• Eliminating

operator error

Precision

• Set exact parameters• Vehicle speed• Flow rate• Fan speed

• Spray automatically turns on/off during turns and across avenues

Safety

• Employee safety• Machine safety

• Obstacle detection• On-board camera• Virtual fence• Impact sensing bumper

• Environmental safety• Food safety

Vision for the Future

• Agricultural Industry• Labor continue to become more challenging• Stricter food safety guidelines • World population increase by 2 billion in next 30 years• Agriculture must innovate and automate to feed the world

• GUSS’s future• Fleets of GUSS sprayers in orchards and vineyards worldwide• Unmatched efficiency, precision, and safety• Autonomous tractors

Questions?