Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
Robotics. Intelligence. Agriculture.
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.
The 2025 Vietnam edition of Agritechnica Asia was designed around machinery and digital solutions for rice, sugarcane, maize, coffee and fruit, alongside a co-located horticulture exhibition in Ho Chi Minh City.
The 2025 GreenTech Americas programme in Querétaro connected hydroponic cultivation, labour efficiency, irrigation and climate adaptation, bringing protected-crop technology discussions into a Latin American production context.
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.
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 UK Cereals event’s 2025 machinery preview included three AgXeed platforms and agricultural drone demonstrations, alongside cultivation and drilling equipment intended for different farm sizes and operations.
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.
Grain SA’s 2025 NAMPO Cape preview described smart irrigation, GPS guidance, livestock tracking and integrated sensor dashboards, showing the breadth of digital farming tools being presented in South Africa.
DLG’s 2025 innovation awards recognised two gold and 22 silver medal entries, spanning traction, baling, application technology and sensor-based machine adjustment rather than a single vision of farm automation.
GreenTech’s 2026 Robot Challenge recognised the 4X Delta Cobot for plant transplanting, highlighting how industrial robotic handling is being adapted to repetitive work in commercial horticulture.
A joint team from Osnabrück’s two universities retained the Field Robot Event title in 2026, combining autonomous maize-row navigation with plant-health recognition, biodiversity tasks and targeted soil treatment.
