Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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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.
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.
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.
Meraque’s 2022 RACE announcement extended its plantation automation work from drones to ground vehicles, with spraying prototypes and a staged plan for larger payloads and coordinated fleets.
Yanmar’s April 2024 account traced the YV01 vineyard robot from grower requirements and steep-slope trials to operational use, with a weeding tool added to the partnership’s development programme.
TYM’s May 2024 announcement described its T130 tractor passing a Korean performance test for automated turning and implement control, showing why autonomy labels need their underlying definitions.
Monarch’s December 2022 production launch put electric, driver-optional MK-V tractors into a customer fleet, with NVIDIA describing how onboard cameras and Jetson modules supported navigation, monitoring and implement-related applications.
Mahindra demonstrated a driverless tractor in Chennai in September 2017, outlining automated row following, headland turns and implement lifting alongside geofencing and remote controls for field operations.
Yanmar announced two tractor automation configurations in June 2018, combining RTK positioning and tablet control with a distinction between assisted operation and unmanned work supervised by an operator.
Japanese startup Inaho reported an updated harvesting robot in April 2019, emphasizing a narrower body and handling of dense spring asparagus ahead of its planned commercial service launch.
Kubota used its 130th-anniversary exhibition to present an autonomous electric tractor concept, combining independent crawler drives with adjustable ground clearance and a vision of data-connected field operations.
