robot agriculture

The global ‘smart harvest market’ was valued at $8,380.0 million in 2021 and is projected to reach $16,850.0 million by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 12.50% during the forecast period 2022-2027, according to ResearchAndMarkets.com.

Deere & Company has formed a joint venture with GUSS Automation, provider of semi-autonomous orchard and vineyard sprayers. High-value crops (HVCs), such as orchards and vineyards, generate significantly higher value per acre than grains or oilseeds. The three primary high-value crop categories include bedded crops (vegetables and melons), vineyards (grapes and other berries), and orchard crops (almonds, citrus, olives, apples, etc.).

Carbon Robotics has unveiled the new LaserWeeder, an autonomous, laserweeding pull-behind robot that attaches to the back of tractors. The new LaserWeeder is a weed control solution for large-scale specialty row crops.

Electric Sheep Robotics has introduced its Dexter robot. Dexter can turn existing commercial lawn mowers, both gas and electric, into autonomous vehicles. According to Electric Sheep, Dexter is designed to address critical labor shortages in the landscaping, facilities, and property management industries.

Blue White Robotics, a platform that provides Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) for farms to run themselves autonomously, announced $37M in Series B funding. They will use this new funding to increase the rapid adoption of autonomous farming, drive new US sales, and attract talent for their international team.

Deere & Company has acquired Bear Flag Robotics for $250 million USD. Founded in 2017, the Silicon Valley-based startup develops autonomous driving technology compatible with existing machines. The deal accelerates the development and delivery of automation and autonomy on the farm and supports John Deere’s long-term strategy to create smarter machines with advanced technology to support individual customer needs.

Carbon Robotics unveiled its third-generation autonomous weed elimination robots. The Autonomous Weeder combines robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and laser technology to drive through crop fields to identify, target and eliminate weeds.

Dutch agricultural robot AgXeed won first prize at the European event Pitch your Robot, which took place last week. The aim of the agROBOfood event was to allow SMEs to present solutions for the agri-food sector to investors so that they can obtain funding to continue their work. Wageningen University & Research was coordinator of this European program.

John Deere has been honored in the Robotics category of the 2021 CES Innovation Awards, which recognize outstanding product design and engineering in consumer technology products. This is the second straight year John Deere has received a CES Innovation Award.

The giant investors SpaceX, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Baidu, Toyota, Tesla, Hyundai, VW, LG, Apple and Virgin are involved in smart cities in ways you would not expect. Their involvement spans making complete smart cities from scratch to robot shuttles replacing ten types of vehicle, vertical take-off taxis,