Ecorobotix redefines sugar beet farming. Through rigorous field testing, our next-generation algorithm is delivering breakthrough results in weed control and crop health.
The Challenge: Aggressive Weeds and High Input Costs
Sugar beet fields are especially vulnerable to fast-growing, herbicide-resistant weeds. Traditional broadcast spraying remains the standard solution but often leads to high input costs, increased crop stress, and sub-optimal phytosanitary efficiency, especially as resistance builds.
The Solution: Ultra-Precise Plant-Level Treatment
With Ecorobotix’s plant-by-plant AI and high-resolution targeting, every weed is identified and treated with pinpoint accuracy, minimizing impact on the surrounding crop. This reduces phytosanitary product usage by up to 95%, supports crop health, and contributes to sustainable, efficient farming.
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Sugar beets including volunteer potatoes
At Ecorobotix, we are transforming weed management in sugar beet fields, with our breakthrough algorithm controlling volunteer potatoes.
The Challenge: Invasive Weeds & Volunteer Potatoes
Sugar beet crops are especially affected by herbicide-resistant weeds, and even more by volunteer potatoes. These unwanted plants grow from leftover tubers and cause several problems: they host pests and diseases, reduce yield and quality, and disrupt crop rotation, not just for the current season but for future ones too.
Traditional solutions are often incomplete or too expensive. Manual weeding is hard work, while broadcast spraying uses more phytosanitary products, puts stress on the crop, and speeds up herbicide resistance.
The Solution: Targeted AI-Driven Precision
Ecorobotix’s ARA sprayer uses plant-by-plant AI technology to detect and spray individual weeds, including volunteer potatoes, with centimeter-level accuracy. Every plant is analyzed. Every action is optimized.
-Adapts to various emergence stages, even staggered ones
-Up to 95% less herbicide use
-Safeguards sugar beet yield and health
- Controls volunteer potatoes efficiently with reduced impact on the crop
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Onions including volunteer potatoes
Onion crops are moderately sensitive to phytosanitary products and have a sparse canopy that leaves much of the soil uncovered, creating ideal conditions for aggressive weed growth. Among the most persistent challenges are volunteer potatoes, which not only compete with onions but also host pests like nematodes. In regions like the Netherlands, this disrupts future potato rotations and undermines regenerative practices. Ecorobotix’s ARA sprayer brings a new level of ultra-precise weed control, now optimized to target volunteer potatoes while protecting onion crops.
The Challenge: Delicate Crops, Persistent Threats
Crops do not compete well with weeds. But worse, volunteer potatoes, resprouting from missed tubers, pose a silent but costly threat.
These plants:
- Increase phytosanitary products use and compromise sustainable practices
- Slow down harvest operations and disrupt onion bulb development
- Persist through rotations and resist standard herbicides
The Solution: Ultra-High Precision at Plant Level
Ecorobotix’s ARA combines high-resolution cameras and AI to individually detect and treat weeds and volunteer potatoes. This means:
Disease risk mitigation: Break pathogen hosts in rotation
Less phytosanitary products, more control: Up to 95% reduction in herbicide use
No crop damage: Phytotoxicity is minimized, ensuring no negative impact on crop development. With the ability to either plant later or harvest earlier than conventional practices, growers can optimize their operations without sacrificing yield.
Optimized harvest quality: Bigger bulbs, higher market value
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