Solinftec, a world chief in synthetic intelligence and robotics for agriculture, will showcase the continued enlargement of its Solix autonomous farming platform on the 2026 Farm Progress Present, Sept. 1–3 in Boone, Iowa.
Following its largest U.S. industrial season up to now, Solinftec will launch an Amazon retailer for Solix substitute elements, share new area outcomes, show how its autonomous Refill Station closes the working cycle with out human intervention and preview the expanded Solix platform. Collectively, the developments assist what Solinftec calls “Freedom Per Acre,” giving farmers higher flexibility to determine when and the way fieldwork is accomplished.
Via July 2026, greater than 100 Solix robots operated in 13 states and Puerto Rico, masking 55,427 acres – 15 instances extra acreage than three years in the past — and monitoring greater than 95 million crops individually. The robots decreased chemical use by a median of 85%, with outcomes remaining between 83% and 89% because the fleet and acreage expanded.
“For us, agricultural autonomy is about greater than eradicating an operator from the cab,” stated Guilherme Guiné, COO at Solinftec. “It’s about giving farmers again the flexibility to make selections on their very own phrases. Solix can stay within the area scouting and performing on the agronomic second whereas the farmer manages it remotely, works elsewhere or spends time with household.”
Autonomous refilling closes the working cycle
The 2026 rising season marked the primary full industrial season for Solinftec’s autonomous Refill Station, which permits Solix to dock, refill and return to work with out a farmer touring to the sphere.
Solinftec additionally improved the efficiency of its solar-powered Solix robotic, doubling its journey velocity from one to 2 miles per hour by way of up to date motors and software program refinements whereas sustaining solar-electric operation.
Via July 2026, Solix robots accomplished greater than 1,700 autonomous refills, transferring greater than 45,000 gallons of product by way of the Refill Stations. One station alone refilled its accompanying robotic greater than 120 instances, eliminating roughly 120 journeys a farmer in any other case would have wanted to make to the sphere.
“A robotic that also requires an individual to repeatedly drive to the sphere and refill it’s not absolutely autonomous,” Guiné stated. “Closing that cycle provides farmers one thing extraordinarily useful: flexibility of their day. The robotic can hold working whereas they deal with one other area, one other a part of the operation or life away from the farm.”
Solinftec expects to deploy roughly 200 robots and 80 extra Refill Stations for the 2027 rising season.
Expanded Solix platform provides farmers extra alternative
Solinftec is growing an expanded four-model Solix household designed to present farmers the flexibility to decide on the ability supply, capability and area efficiency that greatest match their operations. Each mannequin operates with Solinftec’s ALICE AI platform.
The household contains the solar-electric Solix X1; battery-electric Solix XT; fuel/diesel-powered Solix XR; and hybrid-electric Solix XC. The fashions vary from 50 to 1,200 gallons in capability and are designed for focused or targeted-and-broadcast software, relying on the mannequin.
“No single machine suits each farm,” stated Leo Carvalho, Chief World Technique Officer at Solinftec. “The product line ought to match the farmer — not require the farmer to suit one product. Increasing the Solix household provides farmers extra management over the machine, energy supply and technique that work greatest for his or her acres.”
On the September Farm Progress Present, Solinftec plans to preview the fuel/diesel-powered Solix XR, which is anticipated to be commercially accessible for the 2027 rising season.
Amazon elements retailer expands farmer self-service
In the course of the Farm Progress Present, Solinftec will even launch an Amazon retailer providing sure Solix substitute elements on to farmers. The corporate says it’s the first agricultural robotics firm to supply its substitute elements by way of Amazon. The transfer is a part of Solinftec’s effort to make Solix more and more self-service, permitting farmers to buy robots instantly from Solinftec, obtain distant assist and full many routine repairs themselves.
The present Solix robotic is priced at $55,000, and Solinftec estimates growers can recuperate that price in roughly 2.5 years based mostly solely on projected enter financial savings. The estimate doesn’t embody potential financial savings from labor, gas, gear use or extra area passes.
Farm Progress Present 2026
On the Farm Progress Present, Solinftec could have an expanded sales space with a dwell demonstration space the place attendees can see Solix determine and deal with simulated weeds and autonomously use the Refill Station. Kids and households can even attempt Solix Defender, a tablet-based sport that simulates the robotic’s focused weed-control course of and is anticipated to be launched publicly by way of Apple’s App Retailer and Google Play.
Solinftec will exhibit at sales space 15N. To schedule an interview or demonstration with a Solinftec consultant or collaborating Iowa farmer, contact Angela Tuell, [email protected] or 317-567-9126.
