Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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AGCO and Trimble closed their PTx Trimble joint venture in April 2024, combining Trimble’s agricultural technology business with JCA Technologies to serve factory-installed and retrofit precision-farming applications across machinery brands.
In May 2024, BASF reported the launch of Stara’s Imperador 4000 Eco Spray with ONE SMART SPRAY technology, combining onboard weed detection, selective application and digital agronomic records for Latin American farming.
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.
AgXeed’s November 2025 announcement introduced the diesel-electric AgBot T2 7 Series, pairing a tracked 230 hp platform with implement monitoring, route planning and autonomous operation inside defined field boundaries.
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.
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.
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.
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.
