Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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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.
DJI launched the Agras T50 and T25 internationally in April 2024, pairing different payload classes with an updated SmartFarm application for managing crop-protection missions and operational records.
In a January 2025 press release, Aonic reported obtaining Malaysia’s Unmanned Aerial Work Certificate, adding an operational certification milestone to its agricultural drone manufacturing and service activities.
Malaysia’s Poladrone announced a US$4.29 million seed round in October 2021, linking drone development with service centres, spare parts and training for agricultural customers across the region.
UBC Okanagan researchers received a Husky A300 platform for real-world autonomy experiments, with agricultural work involving field mapping and targeted interventions alongside a separate wildfire-research programme.
India’s Press Information Bureau reported FarmBot in May 2025, describing a semi-automatic tracked platform that combines a robotic arm, leaf-image analysis and pesticide application under agricultural research.
A November 2025 University of Sydney report connects Salah Sukkarieh’s farm-robot research with crop measurement and trials involving women and young farmers in Cambodia, emphasizing practical access to technology.
A Finnish project pilot connected machines from different suppliers through shared mission software, testing how farms, robot operators and AI providers could cooperate in the same agricultural workflow.
The CaSSECs collaboration examined drones as an intermediate observation scale between ground measurements and Sentinel-2 imagery, seeking better estimates of dry forage biomass across heterogeneous Senegalese landscapes.
FederUnacoma’s March 2024 presentation of EIMA International announced a new demonstration area for agricultural robots, drones and advanced digital systems, expanding the Bologna exhibition beyond static machinery displays.
Brazil’s Agrishow highlighted automation across several operating steps in 2025, from replenishing a field robot to electric ground spraying and programmed drone missions in agricultural applications.
The UK Cereals event’s 2025 machinery preview included three AgXeed platforms and agricultural drone demonstrations, alongside cultivation and drilling equipment intended for different farm sizes and operations.
