A select number of journalists, thought leaders and social media influencers were invited to attend the John Deere Technology Summit.
Carbon Robotics raises $30 million in series C funding to scale LaserWeeder platform
Funding will be used to expand sales, optimize manufacturing, develop new products, and launch into international markets.
Editor’s picks: top robots from World Ag Expo
The 2023 World Ag Expo is the largest farm equipment show in the world. This year there was a record number of autonomous solutions on display.
Robots and automation at World Ag Expo
On the show this week, Mike discusses the new automation and robotics solutions on display at the 2023 World Ag Expo.
Muddy Machines brings in $1.8M for asparagus harvesting robot Sprout
Sprout is a lightweight, battery-powered autonomous robot that can precisely harvest asparagus for up to 16 hours a day.
Foxconn to build Monarch tractor in Ohio
Full-scale production of Monarch Tractor’s MK-V all-electric, autonomous tractor is scheduled to begin in Q1 2023.
AgLaunch365 accelerator applications due July 18
Applications to join the 2023 cohort of the AGLaunch365 agricultural solutions accelerator are due by July 18, 2022.
Stout Agtech offers smart cultivation powered by AI
Stout AgTech offers vision guided, mechanical cultivation with the launch of its Smart Cultivator implement.
Willy Pell from Blue River Technology brings AI to the farm
Listen to how Blue River Technology brought autonomy to John Deere tractors and are using machine learning to continually improve the operations.
New robotic farm hand inoculates dairy cows
Pharm Robotics is bringing the first autonomous dairy cow inoculation solution to market, using industrial robots to inject pharmaceuticals.
Cartesian robots: simple yet sophisticated packaging automation
Packaging operations continue to embrace automation as a way to reduce labor costs and workplace injuries while improving the efficiency and quality of packaged goods. But the use of automation isn’t evenly distributed, with large consumer packaged goods producers running with more automation than smaller packaging firms. One area ripe for increased automation are operations…
Monarch Tractor closes $20M Series A for autonomous tractors
The tractors can perform pre-programmed tasks without a driver, or an operator can use Monarch’s automation features including Gesture and Shadow modes to have it follow a worker on the job.
Agribotics with Suma Reddy; space lasers; truth about Tesla FSD
Suma Reddy, CEO of agriculture robotics startup Future Acres, joins us to discuss the future of agtech automation.
CropHopper robot from HayBeeSee takes novel approach to field monitoring
HayBeeSee has been developing CropHopper, a quadcopter with flexibile legs that it says can gather more data in an energy-efficient way to help farmers manage crops.
SKF Solutions for Increased Productivity and Sustainability Benefits
SKF has a wide range of technology that can be applied in the Agriculture Industry to increase productivity, lower operational costs and deliver sustainability benefits. Solutions are typically aimed at extending machine component service life and reducing maintenance, both of which contribute to less stoppages, more reliability, and more machine availability. All of this results […]