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AgrotechKubota and Norwegian robotics firm Kilter have signed a European deal to expand sales and service of the AX-1, a robot that uses cameras and AI to find single weeds and hit them with tiny drops of herbicide.
AgrotechVermeer's driverless Bale Hawk picked up 257 round bales in 24 hours, about 10.7 an hour, carrying three at a time to a set unloading row; the machine is still a concept and not for sale.
AgrotechThe mounted Croptiscan 3000 scans a 3 m strip at about 5 km/h, marks plants with Y-virus or leaf roll for removal and costs €95,000, against €175,000 for the self-propelled version.
AgrotechThe Dutch maker is showing a diesel-electric Vanguard 55 with an 80 kWh battery at AgroTechniek Holland; a year of tests suggests around 50% diesel savings and the prospect of a fully electric working day.
Bonsai World turns satellite images of a farm into a 3D environment where the company's autonomy software can rehearse routes and meet dust, animals and vehicles before a machine enters the real field.
LivestockThe Israeli manufacturer's prototype carries a 6 cubic metre mixing tub, fills itself at the silage clamp, navigates by RTK GPS outside and other sensors in the barn, and runs 2.5 to 3 hours on a swappable 48 kWh battery.
AgrotechIn a 2025 Oregon State University trial, the camera-guided ARA sprayer hit grass weeds inside a tall fescue seed crop with glyphosate, using 34 litres a hectare, the maker reports; the full research report is not public.
AgrotechThe Austrian maker's new SpotSprayING models, 2.5 to 3 metres and 4.5 metres wide, use a camera every 75 cm to tell crops from weeds; the 3-metre version starts at €80,000.
AgrotechThe Kansas firm has 82 robots cutting weeds mechanically in 16 states and seeks up to $18.6 million through a Regulation A+ offering to scale production with Amity Technology.
AgrotechCoggan Farms near Meandarra in Queensland runs two SwarmFarm Robotics SwarmBots with Weed-It spot-spraying cameras and an AutoFill station, and typically saves about 85% of herbicide during fallow spraying.
AgrotechPeter Baars mows his apple and pear orchards with an autonomous Fendt and maps every tree with a roof camera, but says full trust needs tractor and implement to communicate and stop themselves.
The 2026 Crop Robotics Landscape counts over 400 companies, a fifth more than in 2024, while growers' advisers say proven weeding, thinning and irrigation systems are gaining ground and harvest robots still lag.
Swiss maker Ecorobotix has unveiled a prototype 12-metre ARA 1200 spot sprayer at the AgroTechniek Holland fair, priced at about €210,000, with a 9-metre ARA 900 alongside it.
