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SwarmFarm goes global with agricultural robots

19-03-2020 | Article

SwarmFarm goes global with agricultural robots

XAG Dongguan Factory has resumed manufacturing with comprehensive work environment protection from COVID-19.

18-03-2020 | News

XAG resumes drone production as China recovers from Corona outbreak

XAG launched its new XPlanet agricultural drone during the XAG Annual Conference 2019.

17-03-2020 | Expert opinion

Are drones replacing agriculture aviators?

Smart-Apply spray system selected for Davidson Prize

16-03-2020 | News

Smart-Apply spray system selected for Davidson Prize

From left to right: Nicolai Tarasinski, manager advanced engineering: Electrically driven vehicles are very efficient when it comes to energy consumption and the weight to power ratio. The drivelines are very easy and fast to control and that is a requirement for autonomy. Professor Peter Pickel, manager external relations / deputy director ETIC: John Deere believes in electrification. At the next Agritechnica in 2021, we will show a lot more electrified machinery. Jørgen Audenaert, product line marketing manager region 2: The eAutoPower transmission we showed at Agritechnica, is really different from anything else before, and you can consider that an omen/sign.

12-03-2020 | Article

John Deere: ‘We believe in electric tractors. 100%’

Case IH launches new Quadtrac and Steiger AFS Connect tractors

09-03-2020 | News

Case IH launches new Quadtrac and Steiger AFS Connect tractors

AI chip lets drone automatically avoid obstacles

06-03-2020 | News

AI chip lets drone automatically avoid obstacles

Drone spraying takes off as regulations relax worldwide

05-03-2020 | Article

Drone spraying takes off as regulations relax worldwide

Fendt introduces joystick steering in IDEAL combines

02-03-2020 | News

Fendt introduces joystick steering in IDEAL combines

Drones4Agro, which is supported by the EU in an EFRO project, aims to produce a fully certified, 150kg drone a flying tractor . It offers custom designs on a novel platform that, unlike other proprietary designs, comes in widths from 3m to 9m, equipped with eight to 24 rotors, distributed across the width. These various sizes can support payloads from 15kg right up to 80kg. This, it says, allows users to tailor the drone to suit their operations from vineyards to open field applications. At the same time it offers different spray application techniques creating very fine, mist droplets from rotary atomisers up to standard, regular pressure nozzles.

01-03-2020 | Article

Where is drone spraying allowed?

23-12 | Article

2024 top 5: Most read articles on drones

MQ Autonomous Agritech to expand with electric autonomous sprayer M200

Farmrobo iMog: autonomous multipurpose robot designed for small-scale farming operations