Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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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.
PAL Robotics reported Italian vineyard trials of an adapted TIAGo++ upper body, exploring the perception, manipulation and human interaction required for collaborative grape harvesting and pruning research.
New Holland’s CR combine concept received Agritechnica’s 2023 gold innovation medal, while the official award material showed how pressure sensing, cameras and automated blockage management were entering harvesting workflows.
DLG reported 17,000 visitors at its 2024 field exhibition in Germany, where the new FarmRobotix platform connected practical robot demonstrations with crop production, machinery and agronomy discussions.
France’s Agroecology and Digital research programme supported World FIRA’s 2025 scientific symposium, focusing on how robots can adapt to people, complex environments and changing agricultural practices.
A January 2025 announcement brought CropTec’s arable knowledge programme together with LAMMA’s machinery exhibition for 2026, linking technology purchasing with agronomy, profitability and practical farm-management discussions.
Zambia’s Industrial Development Corporation reported its participation in the April 2025 AgriTech Expo, while Italy’s trade agency organised a machinery pavilion, illustrating the event’s role in agricultural investment and technical exchange.
GreenTech announced SAIA Agrobotics as its 2025 Robot Challenge winner, alongside a programme connecting greenhouse robotics with imaging, future cultivation systems and autonomous water management.
At a 2016 field demonstration in Bundaberg, QUT presented AgBot II’s ability to navigate crops, classify weeds and select treatments, an early example of combining robotic perception with agronomic intervention.
The US autonomy developer says multi-point turning expands the areas accessible to equipped machines while field operations feed its data pipeline.
The RIC consortium reports more than 170 participants at its first field day, connecting diversified cropping systems with robotics research.
