Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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The University of Canterbury reported camera-based reconstruction of orchard and vineyard plants in July 2026, with testing across commercial farms and a planned HoloCrop spinout for precision horticulture.
Washington State University reported a gentle apple-gripping design in June 2024, taking inspiration from human picking and planning its integration with a lower-cost robotic arm and vision system.
Purdue researchers linked LeafSpec imaging with a two-arm laboratory system in June 2024, using tactile feedback to steady corn plants and guide a scanner along their leaves.
A June 2024 Stellenbosch University feature describes the Dassie vineyard prototype and Carlos Poblete-Echeverría’s digital-agriculture research, linking mobile measurements to more detailed information about individual vines.
ETH Zurich highlighted a July 2024 award for research on planning autonomous routes through orchards and vineyards, developed within the Lonomy programme and building on earlier agricultural robotics work.
QUT announced a five-year, A$41 million programme in August 2024 to develop orchard varieties suited to efficient production, combining plant genetics, crop architecture and robotic observation.
A University of Essex prototype was trialled with Wilkin & Sons in 2024, exploring affordable robotic strawberry handling and a workflow that continues beyond detaching fruit from the plant.
Ce Yang’s University of Minnesota laboratory presented a small quadruped prototype in October 2024, exploring how legged mobility could support wheat disease phenotyping where other observation platforms struggle.
A FAPESP report published in February 2025 describes machine-learning detection of plastic-covered agricultural land, creating evidence that could support collection and recycling plans for used farm plastics.
A March 2025 university report describes Miguel Torres’s team developing an adaptable mobile manipulator for tasks including delicate-fruit handling, with sensing and perception still being refined.
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.
