AgrotechNorth Dakota State University engineers built a robot whose three independently controlled sweeps follow the ground by RTK-GPS and force sensors, cutting soil disturbance by 48.7% in field trials.
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.
AgrotechElement Gen 2 X4 uses edge AI to steer four arms to weeds in and between rows and records weed density on every pass; Aigen has built more than 100 robots.
AgrotechResearchers at Chonnam National University in South Korea built an AI system that matches drone imagery with ground-robot LiDAR to build multilayer digital orchard models, locating robots within a few centimetres.
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.
AgrotechThe new Grower-Led Innovation of the Year Award honours farmers who trial, co-develop or adopt agricultural technology; nominations close on 5 October and the winner is named in Yakima.
AgrotechThe UC ANR and AIFS competition, which drew nearly 100 teams from 13 countries in 2026, now has three divisions and more than $200,000 in prizes and startup support.
AgrotechMore than 100 Solix robots now scout and spot-spray crops plant by plant in 13 US states and Puerto Rico, backed by an autonomous refill station.
AgrotechA World Agri-Tech panel in London said driverless tractors will spread only as fast as implements from different brands can work with them, with data ownership another hurdle.
The Mixing Bowl's 2026 Crop Robotics landscape counts 400 companies making weeding, spraying, harvesting and autonomy machines, with heavy churn and a wave of acquisitions by equipment makers.
AgrotechThe Carbon Autonomy Ready programme sets specifications so implements can connect directly to Carbon's autonomous tractors; Great Plains' HT1100 Terra-Max tillage tool is the first.
AgrotechLiteWeed pairs a 4-watt blue diode laser with on-board YOLOX-nano vision on a Raspberry Pi 5, and is aimed at spot treatment on small plots rather than broadacre fields.
AgrotechThe Center of Excellence for Orchard Robotics brings seven universities, Fresh Fruit Robotics and Washington Fruit and Produce Co together on machines for apple and cherry orchards, where labour has climbed from 45 to over 60 percent of costs.
