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Yamaha Agriculture and Croplands extend the autonomous platform’s tasks with controlled herbicide application and mechanical protection around vines and trees.
Promodis support gives INRAE’s experimental facility additional autonomous tractors for evaluating robotics in vegetable production and vineyards.
An April 2027 launch is planned for new Agri Robo MR models designed to let operators monitor work without remaining at the field.
Aga Khan University and Simon Fraser University are examining how LiteWeed can fit East African farming conditions and community priorities.
Croplands and SwarmFarm combine autonomous spot spraying with optional automated refilling and six-wheel drive in their Series 2 platform.
The US autonomy developer says multi-point turning expands the areas accessible to equipped machines while field operations feed its data pipeline.
The RIC consortium reports more than 170 participants at its first field day, connecting diversified cropping systems with robotics research.
Autonomous Agri Solutions says it has acquired hardware, parts and technical assets for the Danish-developed ROBOTTI platform, with machine sales and customer support among its priorities.
The Danish manufacturer’s new FD60 scales its seed-position-based weeding approach to a wider platform. Orders are open, while the company schedules first deliveries for January 2027.
Southern Illinois University researchers are building a mobile imaging and AI workflow for soybean disease monitoring after aerial cameras missed important views beneath leaves.
Historical example: Illinois reported recognition for a compact robot designed to automate plant measurements within crop rows.
