Following the machines, people and ideas shaping agriculture. Selected developments, clear context and a link to the original source.
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Carbon Robotics introduced LaserWeeder G2 in February 2025, offering multiple working widths and revised lasers, cameras, computing and cooling to extend its tractor-mounted weeding approach across different farm layouts.
The KI-Reallabor Agrar programme brings ATB into an Osnabrück-led consortium, with five-year funding to develop and test agricultural AI in cooperation with researchers, businesses and farmers.
Eight partners from Germany, France and the Netherlands signed a cooperation agreement to advance agricultural robotics, linking research and industry around autonomous cultivation, harvesting and machinery safety.
Bengaluru-based Niqo Robotics announced plans in March 2026 to expand its crop library, geographic reach and machine configurations, building on precision-weeding operations in India and the United States.
Yanmar’s April 2024 account traced the YV01 vineyard robot from grower requirements and steep-slope trials to operational use, with a weeding tool added to the partnership’s development programme.
XAG’s June 2021 report described an orchard demonstration in Nagano where its R150 vehicle sprayed a pollen solution, extending agricultural ground robotics beyond weeding and conventional crop protection.
Malaysia’s Poladrone announced a US$4.29 million seed round in October 2021, linking drone development with service centres, spare parts and training for agricultural customers across the region.
Aerobotics announced a $17 million Series B in January 2021, backing further technology development and international delivery of agricultural intelligence tools from a company founded in Cape Town, South Africa.
CNH Industrial completed its acquisition of Raven Industries in November 2021, bringing precision-agriculture capabilities in house and announcing plans for the first integrated products to become available during 2022.
Naïo Technologies outlined a broader robot range in January 2022, including Jo for narrow vineyards and Orio for row crops, alongside plans to offer robotic services in the United States.
VitiBot announced in July 2022 that SDF had acquired a majority stake, combining the French company’s electric Bakus vineyard robots with the manufacturing and commercial capabilities of an established agricultural-equipment group.
Dogtooth’s strawberry-harvesting robot appeared at the 2023 Global Investment Summit, bringing a commercial agricultural-robotics example into a UK investment showcase and highlighting automation for tabletop fruit production systems.
