Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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UNOPS announced the handover of nine surveying drones to Ethiopia’s Ministry of Irrigation and Lowlands in October 2025, supporting crop monitoring, vegetation mapping and more informed land and water management.
FAO’s June 2024 FDiVi project set out to connect farmer groups with digital advisory and market services in three African countries, combining practical training with trials of tailored AI support.
University of Sydney teams brought Digital Farmhand and SwagBot to the September 2023 Narrabri Field Day, giving students and industry visitors a close look at agricultural robot capabilities.
A Horizon Europe project coordinated by the Technical University of Munich is assessing how robotics, augmented reality and AI can improve working conditions across different farming systems.
A 2023 IEEE Access study described a mobile robot that follows planned greenhouse routes, gathers wireless sensor information and uses unsupervised learning to distinguish areas with different environmental conditions.
A University of Kentucky project supported by nearly US$1.2 million from NSF is developing a mobile greenhouse robot that combines active imaging, AI phenotyping and wireless charging for tomato monitoring.
GEA plans to show a redesigned DairyRobot R9500 at EuroTier 2026 in Hanover, combining revised controls and milking features with expanded digital herd-management functions ahead of deliveries planned for 2027.
Netafim used EIMA 2024 to introduce Orion PC, a thin-wall pressure-compensated dripline, alongside its GrowSphere irrigation software, linking hydraulic uniformity with digital scheduling and fertigation management.
Southern Cross University found that a woodchip bioreactor reduced several pesticides in effluent from intensive horticulture, while warning that more soluble compounds could still pass through the treatment system.
Wageningen’s 2026–2027 AGROS II project is developing crop sensing and control methods for autonomous greenhouses, comparing a digital-twin approach, trained AI and expert-led data-driven cultivation in cucumber crops.
An Australian research team fitted a pollination fan to a self-guiding greenhouse robot, demonstrating autonomous operation across more than 30 crop rows at P’Petual Holdings’ commercial production facility.
RED Horticulture described a Wageningen trial examining dynamic LED lighting for cherry tomatoes, combining crop physiology, technical evaluation, plant biosignals and irrigation expertise in one cultivation experiment.
