VIDEO | AgXeed Series 7 Tested in the Field: Can It Handle Heavy Tillage and Tight Headlands?
The AgXeed AgBot Series 7 was put through a real‑world field trial on a French arable farm, pulling a heavy cultivator and navigating tight headland turns. The video demonstrates the robot’s ability to maintain precise trajectories while delivering the power needed for intensive tillage. Operators observed consistent performance without manual intervention, highlighting the system’s autonomous control algorithms. The test serves as a practical benchmark for the next generation of farm robotics.
Bankrupt Robot Manufacturer Agrointelli Sold in Parts
Agrointelli, the Danish maker of the Robotti field robot, was declared bankrupt on February 27, 2026 and failed to secure a full‑company buyer by the March 12 deadline. As a result, all staff were laid off and the trustee split the assets, selling...
ARA Spot Sprayer by Ecorobotix Receives New Algorithms
Swiss ag‑tech firm Ecorobotix has upgraded its ARA spot sprayer with new vision algorithms that can now recognize cauliflower, broccoli, and both red and white cabbage. The software enhancements are finished development and will be delivered through the next over‑the‑air...
Arable Farms Switch to Robotic Dogs to Guard Valuable Corn Crops
Bayer has begun using Asylon’s DroneDog robotic security dogs to patrol its 8,000‑acre Hawaiian corn seed farms, supplementing human guards. The autonomous units carry thermal and electro‑optical cameras, AI classifiers and 20× zoom, streaming live video to on‑site and remote...
GOFAR Brings Ag Robots to Spain for Live Field Demos
GOFAR is staging its first Iberian Field Day on April 15 at John Deere’s Parla Innovation Center near Madrid, where more than 15 agricultural robots will operate in real‑field conditions. The showcase, co‑hosted with John Deere and data‑platform provider Datagri, brings together over...
AgrarPro Launches ProTube Prime for Precision Fertilisation
German agri‑tech firm AgrarPro has unveiled the ProTube Prime, a new distribution head for precision fertilisation of liquid manure streams. The system can be configured with 20 to 48 outlets and offers 40 mm or 50 mm diameters, keeping hydraulic resistance constant even...
Flikweert Expands Capacity of Optical Sorting Robot QualityGrader
Flikweert Vision has upgraded its optical sorting robot QualityGrader with a second ejection unit and a wider 1.5‑metre model, enabling three‑stream sorting and higher throughput. The new version can process roughly 30 tonnes per hour, compared with the previous 1‑metre variant....
Record Harvest with Nexat Implement Carrier
German equipment maker Nexat set a new Brazilian soybean harvest record on March 23, pulling 637.76 tonnes from 158.16 ha in eight hours—about 80 tonnes per hour. The run used a Nexco combine module with a MacDon FD250 FlexDraper header, kept grain losses...
BLOG | ‘Do You Choose 1 Giga-Tractor or 3 Smaller Autonomous Tractors?’
John Deere unveiled the 8R 540, a 634‑hp tractor weighing 17 tonnes and priced around $674,000, signaling a push toward larger, premium equipment. In contrast, Sabanto’s retrofit system lets existing tractors run autonomously, allowing a grower to replace a 750‑hp machine with...
Seed Potato Grower Cuts Labour with Optical Sorting – Fast Payback Accelerates Vision-Based Automation in Storage
Jensma Agro, a Dutch seed‑potato grower, installed two Tolsma‑Grisnich Optica Q optical sorters in its storage facility, automating quality grading and slashing labour needs. Each sorter handles about 15 tonnes per hour, together delivering 30 tonnes per hour—equivalent to the work of...
Zuidberg Develops Electrically Driven Power Take-Off
Zuidberg has unveiled an electrically driven power take‑off (PTO) designed for compact electric tractors, capable of connecting directly to a tractor’s battery or to a generator. The unit employs a double‑gear stage to drop the motor’s 6,000 rpm to a usable...
TerraClear Launches Autonomous TerraScout Robot for Field Scouting
TerraClear unveiled TerraScout, a fully autonomous robot that captures ultra‑high‑resolution field imagery for precision farming. The robot records 1 mm ground sampling distance, generating over 4 billion data points per acre while covering up to 1,000 acres per day at 15 mph. Integrated...
AgriPass Scales AI Weeding Robot with $7.5M Funding
AgriPass secured $7.5 million to scale its RHIC AI‑driven weeding robot for commercial rollout in the United States and Europe. The platform combines computer‑vision and real‑time AI to mechanically remove weeds at the root, eliminating herbicide use and minimizing soil disturbance....
Spraying Technology Manufacturer BBLeap Raises €5 Million in Investment
Dutch spraying‑technology firm BBLeap announced a €5 million investment round. The capital will fund commercial rollout of its LeapEye camera‑detection system for arable crops and accelerate international expansion of the LeapBox PWM spraying platform. New backers include private‑equity house ESquare Capital...
Why Not an Android as a Tractor Driver?
The agricultural sector is nearing functional autonomous tractors, yet real‑world deployment stalls on error handling, supervision and regulatory issues. UK startup Osmosis AI proposes a humanoid “DriverAgent” that sits in the cab, physically steering, operating pedals and performing on‑site interventions....
