Pilot weed removal with weeding robots

Weeding robots remove weeds without chemicals

Future prospectStrictly regulatedLetting machines & robots work autonomouslyAgriculture

Fits: Production, engineering & maintenance

If it works, a robot drives through beet, vegetables or other row crops on its own and hoes out weeds, including within the row, without herbicides and with less hand hoeing. Some machines are on the market, but in many crops and locations they are not yet mature and run mainly in trials and on pilot farms.

Is this for you?

  • You want to be a pilot farm or prepare early because you have row crops with a lot of hand hoeing or herbicide use, for example in organic farming or vegetable growing.
  • You have level, clearly laid-out fields and sow with GPS, or can set this up.
  • Someone on the farm can look after the robot during the season and fix faults.
First step today

Use the template below to have a list compiled of the weeding robots available for your crop and what independent trials say about them, with sources. At the same time, check which prerequisites your farm meets.

How to go about it

  1. Define crop, field and pilot criteria
  2. Draw up a safety plan for field and farmyard
  3. Choose a machine and coordinate sowing
  4. Test on a section under supervision
  5. Approve area and times step by step
  6. Evaluate effect, sensors and operation

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LW-03 · Legal status 08.10.2026 · AI with a safety function in a machine or vehicle (Annex I, partly via sector-specific law)