Napa Valley winemakers embrace AI tractors
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[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '3.840', 'text': 'Well, we know the Bay Area is known for'}, {'start': '1.839', 'end': '6.400', 'text': 'tech and wine, so it makes sense that'}, {'start': '3.840', 'end': '8.559', 'text': 'two industries would eventually collide.'}, {'start': '6.400', 'end': '13.120', 'text': 'Brian Hackne shows us how a Napa winery'}, {'start': '8.559', 'end': '13.120', 'text': 'is using AI to help its'}, {'start': '19.960', 'end': '25.119', 'text': 'crop every time he steps onto his Napa'}, {'start': '22.880', 'end': '28.080', 'text': "Valley Gamble Estates vineyard. I'm an"}, {'start': '25.119', 'end': '30.000', 'text': 'ineterate tinkerer. Tom Gamble brings'}, {'start': '28.080', 'end': '32.520', 'text': 'more than a hundred years of family'}, {'start': '30.000', 'end': '36.079', 'text': 'farming history from the'}, {'start': '32.520', 'end': '36.079', 'text': 'past into the'}, {'start': '36.600', 'end': '42.960', 'text': 'future. And this is very unique. Regular'}, {'start': '39.920', 'end': '45.360', 'text': "tractors don't have this. This is not"}, {'start': '42.960', 'end': '47.200', 'text': "his grandfather's tractor. You go to"}, {'start': '45.360', 'end': '49.120', 'text': 'your smart screen and you can see if'}, {'start': '47.200', 'end': '51.480', 'text': "you're in four-wheel drive and turn on"}, {'start': '49.120', 'end': '54.559', 'text': 'the work lights like we have'}, {'start': '51.480', 'end': '57.760', 'text': 'smartphones. This is a smart tractor.'}, {'start': '54.559', 'end': '60.719', 'text': "This is the Monarch Mark 5, the world's"}, {'start': '57.760', 'end': '63.920', 'text': 'first electric autonomous tractor. It is'}, {'start': '60.719', 'end': '67.680', 'text': 'a 40 horsepower constant tractor with a'}, {'start': '63.920', 'end': '70.799', 'text': 'battery of 110 kW lasting us anywhere'}, {'start': '67.680', 'end': '73.119', 'text': 'between 4 to 14 hours worth of work.'}, {'start': '70.799', 'end': '75.119', 'text': 'Fabian Alvarez works for Monarch'}, {'start': '73.119', 'end': '77.600', 'text': "Tractor. They're made here in Livermore,"}, {'start': '75.119', 'end': '80.840', 'text': "California. Wa, that's fantastic. Made"}, {'start': '77.600', 'end': '80.840', 'text': 'in the USA.'}, {'start': '82.159', 'end': '87.000', 'text': 'This is where it gets interesting and'}, {'start': '84.240', 'end': '90.560', 'text': 'the work begins.'}, {'start': '87.000', 'end': '94.640', 'text': 'Across 170 acres, the monarch will map'}, {'start': '90.560', 'end': '98.320', 'text': "rows of Tom's vines and soon weed them"}, {'start': '94.640', 'end': '102.159', 'text': "by itself. So, we're using the hand"}, {'start': '98.320', 'end': '104.880', 'text': 'operated mode right now and uh a little'}, {'start': '102.159', 'end': '108.920', 'text': "later we'll switch to row follow, which"}, {'start': '104.880', 'end': '108.920', 'text': 'is hands-free operation.'}, {'start': '109.119', 'end': '113.240', 'text': "We're now in row follow."}, {'start': '113.600', 'end': '118.399', 'text': 'Look, ma. No hands.'}, {'start': '116.159', 'end': '121.680', 'text': 'How long you been using this? So, this'}, {'start': '118.399', 'end': '124.399', 'text': 'will be our third year and our second'}, {'start': '121.680', 'end': '127.680', 'text': 'full season. And is it doing what you'}, {'start': '124.399', 'end': '130.160', 'text': "expected to do? It's doing more of what"}, {'start': '127.680', 'end': '134.480', 'text': "we expected to. There's a steep learning"}, {'start': '130.160', 'end': '137.280', 'text': 'curve. With GPS and 5G technology, the'}, {'start': '134.480', 'end': '139.760', 'text': 'Monarch uploads data to the cloud. So'}, {'start': '137.280', 'end': '142.160', 'text': "Tom's team can download the data and"}, {'start': '139.760', 'end': '145.680', 'text': "analyze it. We're saving emissions of"}, {'start': '142.160', 'end': '149.760', 'text': 'about 40 to 50 tons of carbon annually'}, {'start': '145.680', 'end': '151.200', 'text': 'and 10 to $13,000 in fuel cost. Bottom'}, {'start': '149.760', 'end': '153.920', 'text': "line, we're farmers and we have to be"}, {'start': '151.200', 'end': '155.760', 'text': "conscious of cost. That's a big savings"}, {'start': '153.920', 'end': '158.319', 'text': 'and a big contribution to the'}, {'start': '155.760', 'end': '161.120', 'text': 'environment. Future versions of the'}, {'start': '158.319', 'end': '164.080', 'text': 'monarch will use its infrared cameras to'}, {'start': '161.120', 'end': '167.200', 'text': 'detect disease on the vines well before'}, {'start': '164.080', 'end': '171.040', 'text': 'the human eye can spot it. And early'}, {'start': '167.200', 'end': '173.400', 'text': 'detection means better prevention.'}, {'start': '171.040', 'end': '177.040', 'text': 'And you can obviously do this'}, {'start': '173.400', 'end': '179.920', 'text': 'handsfree. I can do this handsfree. So'}, {'start': '177.040', 'end': '182.239', 'text': 'is this going to cost humans jobs in'}, {'start': '179.920', 'end': '185.200', 'text': 'this industry in the Napa Valley wine'}, {'start': '182.239', 'end': '187.360', 'text': 'industry? No. Tom predicts that future'}, {'start': '185.200', 'end': '190.000', 'text': 'tractor drivers will become more highly'}, {'start': '187.360', 'end': '192.440', 'text': 'trained, highly skilled, and highly'}, {'start': '190.000', 'end': '196.319', 'text': "paid. You don't have to"}, {'start': '192.440', 'end': '199.080', 'text': 'worry. It steers itself. And you may'}, {'start': '196.319', 'end': '202.879', 'text': "think it's only a tractor, but without"}, {'start': '199.080', 'end': '206.519', 'text': 'tractors, how do we feed the world? So,'}, {'start': '202.879', 'end': '206.519', 'text': "I think that's a win-win."}]