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14-11 | Article

Aggressive growth continues at FBN, evolving to meet members’ needs

The machines are designed for ease of operation, requiring only one operator to load seedling trays into the cassette. Photos: TTS

14-11 | News

High-speed robotic transplanters for precision seedling planting

Source: World Robotics 2024

13-11 | News

Sales of service robots up 30% worldwide, agricultural robots +21%

The Deutz-Fahr TTV 5115 Smart Vineyard Tractor is an impressive sight at the Eima 2024 trade show in Bologna, Italy. This narrow tractor, in a striking matte black finish with Pneutrac tires. Photos: Bas van Hattum

13-11 | Photo report

PHOTO | Eima 2024: Deutz-Fahr TTV 5115 with autonomous kit

In the middle: Suzanne Zamany Andersen and Mattia Saccoccio of NitroVolt. – Photos: NitroVolt

12-11 | News

NitroVolt secures €3.5M in seed funding to realize green ammonia production

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

12-11 | Article

FIRA USA 2024 – Drones take over aerial spraying

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