Interested in staying up to date on the latest international robotic ag technologies? FIRA (International Forum for Agricultural Robotics) held an “Open Day” May 13th and posted recorded presentations on their website. In addition to technical panel discussions with industry experts, the event included live field demos of weeding, scouting and general farming robots. The FIRA Connect website also has replays of presentations given at the 2021 FIRA Conference held last December. In total, there are thirty short presentations and field demos of ag robots freely available. About 1/3rd of the presentations/demos are weeding machines from Europe that utilize various methods for in-row weed removal – lasers, precision spot sprayers, concentrated light beams, and mechanical devices including knife blades, rotating heads, and weed pulling mechanisms. The site also provides links to a “Robot Wall” and a “R&D Wall” where companies have posted information about their commercially available and in-development ag robots. It is a quality website and worth checking out to learn more about the latest automated agricultural technology innovations being developed around the world.
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