Field and harvest robot catalogue expands to 70 different models
Future Farming’s newly updated field and harvest robot catalogue is now available. The refreshed and expanded overview contains 70 different field and harvest robots for outdoor crop production.
It is slowly becoming a tradition that Future Farming updates its field and harvest robot catalogue for outdoor crop production in advance of World FIRA in Toulouse, France. This year, for the 5th consecutive year, we have compiled the most comprehensive global overview of commercially available field and harvest robots for outdoor crop production.
10 more than last year
This year, the buyers’ guide offers extensive technical details, specifications and pricing information of 70 different models. 10 more than included in the previous edition and 20 more than the year before that. These 70 different models are commercially available somewhere in the world and come with disclosed pricing details. Whether for sale, for hire or against a service fee per hectare, acre or per product treated, picked or harvested. On a global scale, there are even more field and harvest robots for farmers and growers to choose from. Not every manufacturer is however willing to provide the necessary details required for inclusion in the catalogue.
3 down, 11 new
The rapidly growing and evolving global ag robotics and autonomy landscape remains a very capricious market with all the challenges and changes that come with such developments and versatility. Details and insights about the key developments in the agricultural robotics sector can be found here. They led to British Small Robot Company (SRC) entering liquidation early 202.4Ttheir field robot Tom was taken down from the catalogue. Chinese XAG has discontinued its R150 robot and as a result, their R150 is no longer featured. Danish ag robotics pioneer AgroIntelli has discontinued the production of their Robotti 150D in favour of their Robotti LR model.
The 2025 edition of the buyers’ guide also features 11 exciting new entries since World FIRA 2024. Apart from these 8 new additions that were already highlighted, the FarmRobo iMog, MQ Autonomous Agritech M200 and XMachines X100 Ultra are now also included. All 11 new entries automatically qualify for the Ag Robot of the Year 2025 Award. They are thus able to succeed last year’s award winner Tortuga AgTech.
Financial and numeric statistics
Future Farming does not only list commercially available farm robots. Farm reports on their performance, reliability and return on investment are usually accompanied by statistics on pricing (levels) and the number of robots in operation. Doing the math and interpretation on these statistics has proven to be more difficult this year. Not every manufacturer responded to our request to update pricing and operational numbers. This makes a true and comparative assessment and interpretation impossible for the time being unfortunately. Some tendencies however include:
- The majority of purchase prices is either equal to the year before or slightly higher;
- Most existing participants reported fewer, stable or marginally higher numbers of robots in operation. Having fewer units in operation mostly is a result of having fewer robots operating as a service;
- New entrants tend to be able to scale up the numbers of robots in operation more rapidly in their first years of commercial availability.
How to read the buyers’ guide
The commercially available robots listed in the latest catalogue are divided into 3 different categories: multipurpose, specialised and harvest robots. Only those manufacturers who provided the required information and specifications, are in this magazine. Commercial availability in 2025 and a price indication are hard requirements. From each robot, you will find the manufacturer, the drive train, the energy stock/range, the task(s) it can perform and of course the pricing. A short description concludes each listing. Online, additional specifications are listed such as dimensions, turning radius, empty weight, output capacity and the total number of operational units. Robots that are not available anymore or without pricing details, are in a separate category.
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