Topic: Farming

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MISUMI, Oishii Farm Corporation announce strategic partnership

March 20, 2026 · MISUMI and Oishii entered into a business agreement that will support AI, robotics and automation in the agritech industry.

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AgriPass raises $7.5M to scale human-inspired AI for adaptive, selective weed control

March 5, 2026 · AgriPass announced a $7.5M seed round that it will use to scale its human-inspired AI for adaptive and selective weed control across the U.S. and Europe.

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Pickommerce secures $3.4M investment for robotic piece-picking technology

September 18, 2024 · Pickommerce, developers of the PickoBot piece-picking robot for the autonomous warehousing ecosystem, secured a $3.4M investment to continue growing the company.

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Burro closes $24 million Series B funding, continues push for autonomous agricultural cobot

January 11, 2024 · The autonomous mobility company Burro secured $24 million in Series B funding to continue development of autonomous agricultural cobots in outdoor and indoor settings.

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Sabanto Retrofits Kubota’s M5 Tractors With Self-Driving Capabilities

January 20, 2023 · Kubota has begun using Sabanto's autonomy kit to make its M5 tractors autonomous.

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Solinftec Collects $60M to Grow Agricultural AI, Robotics in the Americas

May 3, 2022 · Solinftec said it will apply its growth investment to expand its digital farm operations platform into new markets, as Lightsmith Group invests in "climate resilience solutions companies."

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Future Acres Partners With Sun World International for Robot to Aid Vineyard Workers

September 29, 2021 · Future Acres has developed the Carry robotic wheelbarrow to help farm workers and is collaborating with Sun World, an international grower, for field testing and commercialization.

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Cognitive Pilot CTO Explains How Autonomy Will Advance Agriculture

July 30, 2021 · Not only can kits enable equipment to be self-driving right away, but they could also change the nature of farming, says Anton Emelyanov, CTO of Cognitive Pilot.

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Russian Farming Machinery Manufacturer to Equip Combines With AI for Autonomy

April 25, 2021 · Bryanskselmash, a leading Russian agricultural equipment provider, is including the Cognitive Agro Pilot autonomy kit standard in its PALESSE GS12 combine harvesters.

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AppHarvest Acquires Agricultural Robotics and AI Startup Root AI for $60M

April 8, 2021 · Root AI's staff and executives will join AppHarvest and continue developing the Virgo "universal harvester" to apply robotics and AI to indoor farming.

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