Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
Robotics. Intelligence. Agriculture.
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A final report documents how a pan-European network brought research groups, businesses and innovation hubs together to help agricultural and food-sector robotics move from technical ideas towards practical applications.
CIRAD and partners examined digital use among 3,660 farmers in Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire and Benin, finding that access, electricity and familiar communication tools strongly shaped practical adoption.
A European research project integrated positioning, perception and variable-rate spraying into the WETA robot, addressing the difficulties of moving and applying treatments in narrow, sloping vineyard environments.
The European project combined soft gripping and machine vision in a harvesting prototype, with trials in Greece and Ireland revealing both successful picks and the impact of real facility constraints.
The completed European project reported a robotic crop-care system that combines vehicles, implements and supervisory software, with field pilots examining both operational performance and barriers to adoption.
The European research project paired aerial crop observations with the Bonirob ground platform, exploring how information collected over a field could guide local mechanical or chemical interventions.
The European consortium developed tools for small, diverse farms, using a lightweight ground rover and an overhead cable camera alongside plant-scanning research and a shared farm-management interface.
The European drone project reported an initial flight in Spain focused on equipment familiarisation and checking image outputs, laying groundwork for subsequent crop monitoring rather than claiming validated disease-detection performance.
The Horizon Europe project set out to make agricultural digital solutions more affordable and relevant by combining farmer participation, reusable software and business models suited to smaller operations.
New Holland’s CR combine concept received Agritechnica’s 2023 gold innovation medal, while the official award material showed how pressure sensing, cameras and automated blockage management were entering harvesting workflows.
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.
France’s Agroecology and Digital research programme supported World FIRA’s 2025 scientific symposium, focusing on how robots can adapt to people, complex environments and changing agricultural practices.
