René Groeneveld

AgXeed has introduced its Vehicle Control Unit (VCU) , a compact retrofit kit that brings existing tractors into the company's automated ecosystem.

Tersus GNSS has brought the AG993 to market – a modular automatic steering retrofit system that combines high-precision GNSS positioning with the

U.S. companies Sabanto Inc. and Verdant Robotics have integrated their systems for the first time, enabling producers to automate field work from navigation to plant-level input application without an operator in the cab.

Independent testing by Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has shown that the Kilter AX-1 spray system qualifies for DRT99, the highest drift reduction class in the Dutch classification system for spraying technologies. The testing demonstrated more than 99 percent drift reduction compared with conventional reference spraying systems.

XAG has introduced the RM80, an all-electric unmanned mowing robot, alongside a new generation of agricultural drones at a recent Agricultural Robot Conference in Guangzhou, China.

Autonomous retrofit kits have quietly shifted into a technology category that is reshaping how farms think about labour, machinery investment and field operations. It is turning into something closer to a full autonomy platform, layered with sensors, cloud connectivity, and software that plans, monitors and adjusts field work in real time. To highlight several new developments, the Future Farming Autonomous Retrofit Kits Catalogue has now been updated. A new addition is the AgXeed VCU, an auto

U.S.-based Sabanto has closed an oversubscribed Series B funding round led by Leaps by Bayer. The company says the funding will accelerate adoption of its autonomous technology, grow its customer base, and expand development of its retrofit kits.

Norwegian technology company AutoAgri, specialising in autonomous vehicles, has changed its name as it focuses increasingly on the international market and expands beyond agriculture. The company has rebranded as Uncrew Robotics, signalling a strategic shift in its direction after more than half a decade of development.

At a family farm in Kentucky, in the United States, a no-frills 135-horsepower John Deere 6135E now plants itself – accurate to within a centimetre and allowing the farm to reallocate labour. An autonomous retrofit kit, from US company Sabanto, has let farmer Quint Pottinger swap out 2 300-horsepower tractors, 2 40-foot planters and a second combine for a smaller, self-driving setup that finished planting 10 days faster. Quint Pottinger runs Affinity Farms, partly on land that has been i

Australian company Agtecnic has revealed it is working on green-on-green targeted spot spraying for its SenseSpray platform, a step that would let the system detect and eliminate weeds growing inside standing crops rather than just on bare soil or stubble.