2023 top 5: Most read articles on field robots

This week, coming up to the end of 2023 and the first week of 2024, we look back at the content we have shared over the year. In the coming days, you will find the top 5 listings of the best-read articles on field robots, drones and autonomy.

Listed below are the 5 best-read articles on field robots in 2023.

1. Horsch pulls the plug on autonomous field robot development

Horsch has ceased the development of a universally applicable field robot, intended for tasks such as towing a seed drill. Alternatives, like (autonomous) standard tractors, have proven to be more practical and cost-effective for farmers.

Horsch pulls the plug on autonomous field robot development

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2. More details emerge on Kuhn’s autonomous field robot, Karl

French agricultural machinery manufacturer Kuhn has provided additional insights into its upcoming autonomous field robot, Karl, following a leak of images via French media.

More details emerge on Kuhn’s autonomous field robot, Karl

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3. ‘From a big autonomous tractor to a 112 kW field robot’

Gerrit Kurstjens is a pioneering farmer who has already clocked up 40,000 ha of autonomous operations on 13,000 ha of cropping area at Beefwood Farms, Moree in New South Wales, Australia. In this episode: A year-long search for a suitable autonomous tractor to replace its old stalled version fails. He therefore decides to go for AgXeed’s 112kW strong autonomous Agbot and has now worked with it for a few months.

‘From a big autonomous tractor to a 112 kW field robot’

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4. FIRA USA 2023: more than 15 in-field robot demos

The California Rodeo Salinas is set to become a hub of agricultural technology during the 2023 edition of FIRA USA. The agricultural robot event will host more than 15 in-field robot demos in September this year, on cultivated crops and in real conditions.

FIRA USA 2023: more than 15 in-field robot demos

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5. Agerris closed, but its autonomous field robot gets a new start

Australian startup Agerris has closed its doors. CEO Salah Sukkarieh is now looking to build a modular version of its autonomous field robot, the Digital Farmhand, for smallholder farmers.

Agerris closed, but its autonomous field robot gets a new start

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