Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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The United States, Japan, India and Australia established a framework for joint research on AI, sensors and robotics, aiming to strengthen agricultural resilience across the Indo-Pacific.
The University of Minnesota-led institute brings AI and land-management researchers together to improve climate-smart practices and reduce the difficulty of measuring carbon outcomes across farms and forests.
A 2022 report assembled country-level evidence on infrastructure, digital access, policy, business conditions, skills and agricultural innovation to support more targeted investment in digital transformation.
Argentina’s October 2024 Innovación en Movimiento programme featured INTA’s Trakür spraying robot, linking agricultural research with companies and investors seeking technologies ready for further development and commercial transfer.
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.
Kubota announced two autonomous platform concepts for Expo 2025 in Osaka: a transformable machine for multiple agricultural tasks and an articulated platform intended for uneven terrain and transport.
NASA announced a University of Maryland-led consortium in March 2023 to connect Earth observations with U.S. farmers’ decisions on water, fertilizer, crop health and resilience.
An Erasmus+ AGRHI workshop at Eastern University, Sri Lanka, combined agricultural visits, IoT discussions and curriculum development, linking European and Asian institutions around practical digital-agriculture education.
The organisers of HAICTA 2026 report a hybrid conference in Kos that connected digital agriculture, resilient food systems and biodiversity research, with scientific contributions from across six continents.
An NSF-supported collaboration involving Texas A&M, Michigan State and the University of Michigan will investigate coordinated aerial and ground robots for apples obscured by dense orchard canopies.
ATB agromechatronics researcher Cornelia Weltzien received the VDI Max-Eyth commemorative medal, recognising her contribution to agricultural digitalisation and training the next generation of agricultural engineers and researchers.
