Salico Development Blog

Salico aims to develop solutions to improve the efficiency of existing farming solutions to support the broader marine aquaculture industry.

We are building a sea asparagus harvester for our FYDP, while partnered with Olakai Hawaii.

First Prototype Assembly and Oahu Trip Preparation

Posted on October 12, 2024

For this entire week, we have been hard at work getting our first prototype ready for Max and Joyce’s visit to Oahu on October 15th. This involved lots of 3D printed parts, sourcing aluminum/steel parts for the frame, and casting the rubber urethane rollers. [Read More]
Design of Experiments Tasks

Posted on October 6, 2024

In preparation for our first Oahu trip, we put together a list of DOE's to perform at the Olakai farm. Here they are, categorized by mechanical, electrical, firmware, and software tasks. [Read More]
Actuation Method Brainstorming

Posted on September 29, 2024

After all the subsystems were identified, several actuation methods were brainstormed and sketched. We want to pick the best one in terms of complexity, environmental tolerance, and cost! [Read More]
Harvester Design Options

Posted on September 22, 2024

Max and Joyce have been hard at work brainstorming and creating CAD models for different harvester designs! Here are our candidate ideas. [Read More]
What are we building?

Posted on September 15, 2024

Salico has partnered with Olakai Hawaii to help develop machinery to improve the efficiency of their sea asparagus farm. More specifically, we plan to build a robot harvester which can traverse the farm autonomously. [Read More]

First Prototype Assembly and Oahu Trip Preparation