AgrotechA Q3 2026 round-up by Cultivation Capital's Kyle Welborn finds AgTech grew its share of global venture funding while overall venture investment fell 12%, with six deals of $100 million or more.
AgrotechThe second-generation Andela Robot Weeder treats 8 weeds a second per unit instead of 3, covers the whole field, and will drive itself fully from next season.
AgrotechA legged robot with cameras, sensors and AI models is being tried among Tempranillo vines in Ribera del Duero and blackberries under tunnels in Huelva, on ground too rough for wheeled machines.
AgrotechThe maker of the AIGRO UP autonomous tool carrier for weeding and mowing was declared bankrupt on 19 October; its chief executive hopes a buyer will allow a restart.
AgrotechThe Australian start-up's electric FSR500, due in early 2027, carries a 300-litre tank on a 500 kg payload and is built from off-the-shelf parts; refill and battery-swap stations are still in development.
AgrotechThe next phase adds autonomous spraying, mowing and under-tree cultivation on Kubota's low-profile M5L diesel tractor for orchard and nut growers.
AgrotechUK startup Earth Rover's autonomous CLAWS robot finds weeds with cameras and boils their growing tip with a focused pulse of light, with no herbicide, while it scouts the crop.
AgribusinessThe Seattle ag robotics firm confirmed an undisclosed number of job cuts, citing broader economic conditions, two months after outlining plans to scale its laser weeders and tractor autonomy.
AgrotechAg robotics hub Reservoir will open a site in Washington's Yakima Valley in spring 2027, where robotics startups will test machines for apples, pears, cherries and blueberries on working farms alongside growers.
AgrotechThe Israeli company's machines copy how bees move pollen, one by vibrating blueberry flowers and one by lifting avocado pollen with an electric field; it sells them as a pollination service and claims 20 percent higher yields.
AgrotechHasibur Rahman Khan, a student at Khwaja Yunus Ali University, built a robot that moves through a field on its own, measures soil moisture and nutrients, applies fertiliser and uses an AI camera to find crop disease and weeds; it cost about Tk 65,000.
AgrotechSouthern Illinois University engineers built a battery-powered, GPS-guided robot with cameras aimed at both sides of soybean leaves to catch frogeye leaf spot before symptoms show.
AgrotechThe agriculture category of TIME's Best Inventions of 2026 names BioLumic's light-treated seeds, the Burro Grande 44 robot, Beewise Robi, the 2nd Nature AgWaste Portal, Saga Robotics' Thorvald and VunaNexus Aurin fertiliser.
