Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
Robotics. Intelligence. Agriculture.
305 stories matching “Research”.
Universidad Distrital researchers reported a remotely controlled, 3D-printed legged prototype using eight servomotors and a Raspberry Pi Pico W, testing a low-cost route into agricultural terrain research.
Cornell reported field evaluations of PhytoPatholoBot in September 2025, combining autonomous row travel and canopy imaging to assess grape disease with performance comparable to experienced scouts in the study.
A November 2025 University of Sydney report connects Salah Sukkarieh’s farm-robot research with crop measurement and trials involving women and young farmers in Cambodia, emphasizing practical access to technology.
A March 2018 University of Illinois report documented early field testing of TerraSentia, a small autonomous platform designed to gather plant traits between rows and support breeding research.
A February 2024 university report describes a solar-powered monitoring and control approach for avocado oil machinery, developed for settings where reliable grid electricity and labour-saving infrastructure are limited.
The European project examined adoption barriers and existing tools across diverse farms, arguing that digital innovation should support ecological management and farmer control rather than add complexity by default.
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.
FAPESP reported a programme linking research, connectivity and training across Brazil’s five regions, with local agricultural districts designed to adapt digital technologies to small and medium farming businesses.
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.
The CaSSECs collaboration examined drones as an intermediate observation scale between ground measurements and Sentinel-2 imagery, seeking better estimates of dry forage biomass across heterogeneous Senegalese landscapes.
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.
