Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
Carbon Robotics introduced LaserWeeder G2 in February 2025, offering multiple working widths and revised lasers, cameras, computing and cooling to extend its tractor-mounted weeding approach across different farm layouts.
ATB presented a working SunBot prototype for autonomous mowing in berry plantations, combining electric implements, satellite navigation and obstacle sensing while identifying robustness as a remaining development challenge.
ATB agromechatronics researcher Cornelia Weltzien received the VDI Max-Eyth commemorative medal, recognising her contribution to agricultural digitalisation and training the next generation of agricultural engineers and researchers.
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ATB and the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut integrated Raman spectroscopy into a mobile soil platform, demonstrating measurements during movement and opening a route toward more detailed maps for future precision fertilisation.
The KI-Reallabor Agrar programme brings ATB into an Osnabrück-led consortium, with five-year funding to develop and test agricultural AI in cooperation with researchers, businesses and farmers.
ATB marked ten years of its Fieldlab for Digital Agriculture in July 2025, highlighting an experimental site where researchers and partners can test crop-production technologies under field conditions.
The JaetRobi project combines camera-based plant recognition with a precisely positioned blue laser, targeting young weeds close to vegetable crops while researchers address speed and reliability.
Three research projects brought farmers, advisers and researchers together at Leibniz InnoHof to examine digital nutrient management, soil sensor platforms and practical training tools through presentations and outdoor demonstrations.
Eight partners from Germany, France and the Netherlands signed a cooperation agreement to advance agricultural robotics, linking research and industry around autonomous cultivation, harvesting and machinery safety.
ATB and GFZ reported the installation of an AgroHyd-X rainfall radar in Brandenburg, combining local precipitation monitoring with farm measurements to develop more useful information for agricultural water management.
ATB’s October 2026 SQAT demonstration brought satellite observations, autonomous soil sensing and field-side analysis into a shared workflow aimed at more detailed information for site-specific farm management.
Bengaluru-based Niqo Robotics announced plans in March 2026 to expand its crop library, geographic reach and machine configurations, building on precision-weeding operations in India and the United States.
