
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.
Source Press Information Bureau, Government of India

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.
Source Cornell Chronicle

Southern Illinois University researchers are building a mobile imaging and AI workflow for soybean disease monitoring after aerial cameras missed important views beneath leaves.
Source SIU News