2 farming revolution robots on a sugar beet field (2020)
no upfront costs
integrate robot service in current processes with no upfront investment
pay (and save) per ha
cheaper than manual labour and without the organizational efforts
sustainable at scale
scalable cost-effective solution for all row crops (organic and conventional)
Crops
We support the following crops.
sugar beet
lettuce
brassicas
Technology
We provide a non-chemical weeding solution.
autonomous robot
drives safely over crop rows
safe and unsupervised
precise row following
lightweight and mobile
26h autonomy
adaptable to different track widths
easily maintainable
Semantic segmentation of sugar beet (blue) and weeds (red) in cotyledon stage
deep learning
distinguishes crops from weeds robustly
largest annotated plant image database in the world
99% per-pixel accuracy
12M+ annotated images
varied data: 65+ species, 50+ fields, 5+ years, growth stages, day and night
robust against mud, dew, strip-till
occlusions and overlapping plants
Spinning chopper blade used by farming revolution robot (2019)
mechanical chopper
removes weeds precisely without chemicals
kills weeds that are very close to crop plants (< 1 cm)
in-row + inter-row weed removal
active tool: every touched weed is killed
no chemicals used
effective removal of large and small weeds
Our Mission
Simplify sustainable agriculture and make it affordable for every farmer
Company
Our team and technology originates from the research and corporate start-up team of Bosch known as Deepfield Robotics.
2014
Bonirob
World's first commercial multi-purpose robot platform
2015-2016
4D-Scan
Robot-assisted plant counting and mapping services for seed breeders and research
2016-2019
Weeding Robots
3 generations of in-row weeding robots
2019
Farming Revolution GmbH
Management Buy Out by core team of Deepfield Robotics (Bosch)
2019-today
Weeding As A Service
Weeding services for organic farmers
