More than 400 companies worldwide are now racing to build robots for food crop production - a jump of nearly 25% since 2024.

AgXeed demonstrated an autonomously operated potato harvester at trade fair PotatoEurope, held on 9 and 10 September in ...

Swiss manufacturer Ecorobotix is exhibiting a new 12-metre-wide ARA 1200 spot sprayer at the AgroTechniek Holland (ATH) trade ...

Dutch robot builder Odd.Bot is showing a new version of the Maverick weeding robot at the Agrotechniek Holland (ATH) trade fair.

Danish grower Axel Månsson has been using an AgXeed T2 7-SERIES with a Carbon Robotics LaserWeeder since April. After several months of field experience, he rates the autonomous tractor on nine ...

Kubota Tractor Corporation has launched WorkSmart Autosteer, a precision guidance system built specifically for compact and utility equipment. The system extends technology traditionally reserved for ...

In this test, we compare a Fendt e107 Vario (electric) with a Fendt 207 Vario (diesel). We tested the tractors in summer conditions in the Netherlands and in winter conditions in Norway. Photos: Mark ...

Spanish agtech startup Voltrac has confirmed that its Thor autonomous electric robot is moving into pre-series production. The company’s current Thor 2 model – recently demonstrated at a robotics ...

French agricultural cooperative group Océalia has acquired a minority stake in startup Cyclair, backing the autonomous weeding robot developer as part of its Cap 2030 strategic plan. The investment, ...

Autonomous machines are increasingly being promoted for orchard work, but what happens when growers get behind the controls themselves? At the Dutch Fruit Research Centre in Randwijk, fruit growers ...

Electric weed control is attracting renewed attention. Trials by Cornell University (US) in young orchards show a reduction in weed density of up to 96%. Research into the electrical control of ...

A field robot that performs only one task risks spending too much of the year in the shed, says US robotics company Burro. Following its largest shipment yet to South America, Future Farming asks the ...