Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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31 stories matching “Spraying”.
Verdant Robotics announced the 2025 Sharpshooter in October 2024, combining crop recognition with steerable spray targeting for weed control, thinning and other applications in specialty-crop production systems.
Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation committed A$7 million to SwarmFarm Robotics in October 2025, supporting production of lightweight autonomous platforms used for spraying and other agricultural work with interchangeable attachments.
Norwegian company Kilter reported that 54 AX-1 robots treated 4,265 hectares during part of 2026, comparing their targeted applications with a 250-litre-per-hectare broadcast baseline to quantify avoided spray mixture.
JKUAT’s October 2024 Robotics Dojo showcase focused on laser-sensor navigation, building local engineering skills relevant to future agricultural machines while remaining an educational prototype competition.
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.
The Horizon Europe consortium reported results from agricultural, forestry and rural drone use cases, combining demonstrations with assessments of environmental impact, economics, skills and the practical constraints of deployment.
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.
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 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.
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 Agrishow announcement introduces XT and XC configurations aimed at different work rates, crop systems and operational demands.
