With over 2,000 guests from 56 totally different nations, together with practically 30% farmers, the ninth version of World FIRA has firmly established itself because the must-attend occasion for robotic and autonomous options fanatics. Aimed toward reshaping the way forward for agriculture within the midst of transformation, right here’s a glance again on the occasion that happened from February 4th to sixth in Auzeville-Tolosane, close to Toulouse, France, below a radiant solar.
Give attention to New Robots and Autonomous Options Introduced at World FIRA
- New Holland T4N Specialised Tractor (Italy): Superior steerage system developed for New Holland T4 FNV specialised tractors, winner of the 2024 EIMA Technical Innovation Award.
- AgBot 5115.T2 by Agxeed (Netherlands): Introduced by its French distributor Sevra, the AgBot performs autonomous duties whereas having the ability to connect instruments accessible in the marketplace.
- Escarda Compact Duo by Escarda Applied sciences GmbH (Germany): Clever laser weeding, utilizing digital camera sensors and superior AI fashions to acknowledge and classify all vegetation within the subject.
- MULA Car and MULA Harvester by MULA (Spain): Versatile autonomous car that may be geared up with varied instruments resembling sprayers, harvesters, or seeders, and a berry harvester.
- LUXEED Robotics (Netherlands): Autonomous laser weeding powered by AI.
- Slopehelper Grape Picker by Pek Automotive (Slovenia): Robotic grape harvester.
Highlight on Farmers and Distributors
A number of hundred farmers from world wide gathered at World FIRA to discover the advances of this new period in agricultural equipment.
Delegations of farmers from France, Belgium, Portugal, Canada, Brazil, and Ghana demonstrated their curiosity by concrete automation initiatives introduced to the exhibitors.
As for the distributors, whether or not straight concerned within the exhibition area (Sevra, Vantage, Peillet…) or visiting (Promodis, the Sedima union, and lots of extra), their presence demonstrated sturdy assist for the trade, providing their clients robots accessible for each buy and rental.
On Thursday, February sixth at 12:15 PM, six totally different robots had been awarded by consultants in 4 classes:
“Agricultural Robotic of the Yr”
- Farmers’ Alternative: Award for the very best robotic at the moment in the marketplace, introduced by Future Farming, and chosen from the robots featured within the Ag-Robotic Shopping for Information 2025.
- Jury’s Award: FarmRobo iMog, versatile electrical robotic for small farms.
- Public’s Award: FarmRobo iMog
“Finest Begin-up”
- Buyers’ Alternative: Award for essentially the most promising start-up by way of funding, granted by the World FIRA investor jury.
- Winner: 4AG Robotics, mushroom selecting robotic•
“Most Consumer-Pleasant Robotic”
- Specialists’ Alternative: Awarded by ENTRAID Médias for its ease of use and seamless integration into farming operations.
- Winner: Agbot 5.115 T2 by AgXeed: versatile machine for gentle soil functions and upkeep.
“Finest World FIRA Robotic”
- Contributors’ Alternative: The robots introduced at World FIRA that acquired essentially the most votes through the poll field from members, awarded by World FIRA.
- Gold Medal: ROBOTTI by Agronintelli
- Silver Medal: Modular-E by INESC TEC
- Bronze Medal: Oz by Naïo Applied sciences
