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The American edition of the premier robotics event for open-field crops, FIRA, attracted 2,200 attendees from 38 countries to Woodland, California, from October 22 to 24. Among them were 500 growers, who primarily focused on evaluating weed control machines. – Photos: René Koerhuis

11-11 | Article

FIRA USA 2024 – Robotic automation in arable farming becomes more diverse

The system is to fertilise individual plants using the same plant recognition cameras used for hoeing. – Photo: René Koerhuis

11-11 | News

Stout launches smart rate fertilizer: working on precision fertilization

In future, robotic grippers with haptic capabilities will be able to grab and sort apples and other fruit more gently. The gripper developed in the BioGrip project adapts to the apple’s shape. – Photo: Fraunhofer IWS

08-11 | News

The robotic hand learns to feel

Vineatrac has a maximum speed of 5 km per hour and is capable of working on slopes up to 60%. – Photos: STEVmotion

08-11 | News

Autonomous Vineatrac tractor combines agility and innovation

The AgXeed 5.115T2 is Tractor of the Year in the new category dedicated to robot tractors. – Photo: Toty

07-11 | News

AgXeed 5.115T2 Tractor of the Year 2025 in the category robot tractors

Guss spraying a pistachios field. – Photos: Maxence Guillaumot

07-11 | Article

4 Years, 8,000 hectares: A farmer’s insights on the GUSS autonomous sprayer robot

An agricultural robot pulls hoes across the soil between rows of corn. – Photo: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

06-11 | News

Illinois study explores adoption of robotic weeding to fight superweeds

GrowSphere is an operating system automating precision irrigation and fertigation. – Photos: Netafim

05-11 | News

Netafim announces irrigation innovations at EIMA 2024

The Auga M1 features a hybrid drive system. You “refuel” with (bio)methane gas, which powers the combustion engine. A generator mounted at the back of the engine produces electricity for the wheel motors and the battery pack. – Photos: Mark Pasveer.

05-11 | Article

The hybrid Auga M1: A Lithuanian powerhouse in testing phase

Kubota is introducing a kit that enables tractors to drive autonomously, developed in collaboration with a French startup company. – Photos: Bob Karsten.

04-11 | News

Kubota is working on an autonomous driving kit

A John Deere 1030 is fitted with the SteadySteer motor. – Photos: Jos Wisse

04-11 | Article

Autopilot on the farm: ‘When you don’t have to steer anymore, you can go much longer’

There is significant interest in robotic weeding as labor for this task is becoming increasingly scarce, and the range of available crop protection products is shrinking each year. – Photo: Koos Groenewold

01-11 | Analysis

Robotization struggles to scale up: Regulations slow agricultural progress

AVR Machinery is introducing a grading measurement system on the Puma 4.0 self-propelled harvester. The system will be shown to the public for the first time at the Interpom trade fair in Kortrijk (November 24-26). – Photos: AVR

31-10 | News

AVR launches grading measurement system on the Puma 4.0.

An unmanned Fendt 724 operates a disc harrow in a field for sugar beet cultivation in the USA.. Photo: Misset

31-10 | Expert opinion

‘Overlooked logistics: Navigating the future of autonomous farming’

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) researchers are piloting new robotic grape pickers. – Photo: QMUL

30-10 | News

QMUL researchers pioneer AI and robotics to transform vineyard harvests