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An Australian research team fitted a pollination fan to a self-guiding greenhouse robot, demonstrating autonomous operation across more than 30 crop rows at P’Petual Holdings’ commercial production facility.
A QUT-led programme announced in February 2024 set out to automate banana de-handing with robot arms and computer vision, addressing a repetitive, physically demanding stage of postharvest processing.
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.
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.
