Tech in focus

AgXeed

31-07 | Interview

AgXeed founders: ‘Our AgBot robotic tractor is much more than an autonomous vehicle’

Value Line Steering solution, a retrofit autosteer package, that includes a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver, an electric steering wheel controller, a touchscreen console, and Horizon Lite software. Photos: Topcon Positioning Group

17-07 | News

Topcon expands precision farming tools with Value Line Steering solution

Roboton

09-07 | News

Fully electric and autonomous robot from Roboton tackles multiple field tasks

Fazendas Reunidas

07-07 | Article

Robot swarm boosts big yield in Brazil

Agritechnica, the world’s largest agricultural innovation showcase, drew over 470,000 visitors in 2023 and featured an unprecedented display of autonomous robots, such as this Karl field robot from French implement manufacturer Kuhn. Picture Mark Pasveer.

04-07 | News

Autonomous and smart machines take center stage at Agritechnica 2025

Autonomous harvest transportation

30-06 | Article

Is autonomous harvest transportation a thing (yet)?

French robot manufacturer Naïo Technologies in financial trouble, seeks buyer

21-06 | News

French robot manufacturer Naïo Technologies in financial trouble, seeks buyer

The John Deere 5120M, equipped with a Sabanto retrofit autonomy kit, paired with a John Deere 1590-20 no-till seeder. Montana farmer Justin Yirsa chose two of these autonomous units over investing in a single 700+ hp articulated tractor with an 18-metre air seeder.

21-06 | Expert opinion

Is John Deere making a mistake with its autonomous RX9?

SARAL-Bot in action between strawberry rows. Photo: arXiv

20-06 | News

SARAL-Bot autonomously trims diseased leaves in strawberry fields

Mechanical control of broad-leaved dock with a robot

13-08 | Article

This is the Agrolia electric tractor from Turkish ZY Elektrikli

11-08 | Article

German organic grower develops laser weeding robot to cut €200,000 labour costs