In central Ukraine, STOV "Druzhba" is applying Ecorobotix’s AI-powered ARA sprayer in its seed corn production plots, a crop where data on Ultra-High Precision (UHP) spraying is still emerging. The farm has significantly reduced input use while safeguarding sensitive breeding areas. The sprayer’s UHP weed targeting is particularly valuable in seed fields, where varied planting schedules and growth stages make traditional weed control more challenging.
In 2024, the team tested the sprayer on 300 hectares of soy and corn, achieving 40–90% savings on herbicides and fertilizers, depending on weed pressure and crop type. They also recorded a 1–3% yield increase in corn, equivalent to 140–420 kg/ha. With such promising results, the team is optimistic about the future of using the ARA precision sprayer across seed corn and beyond. ARA’s technology has already proven its effectiveness in increasing yields and reducing input costs in a wide range of crops, including onions, carrots, lettuce, and more, showing the strong future for ultra-high precision agriculture worldwide.
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The role of robotics is promising for accelerating the agro-ecological transition of agricultural models, preserving the soil, reducing the drudgery of operators and the noise of work sites. What are the prospects for beet farming?
Le Betteravier français
The trade journal Le Betteravier français has published a detailed article on robotisation as a response to the reduction in work rates caused by agroecology. Our technology is cited as an example.
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While we are still waiting for the first autonomous tractor to appear on the market, robotisation for treatments is becoming more widespread. We take a look at the latest developments at Agrama, which opens today in Berne.
Terre & Nature
The Swiss weekly magazine Terre & Nature reports on the adoption of robotics and autonomous vehicles in Switzerland. It uses AVO and ARA as an example.
Spot-spraying, a method now being explored by all the big names in agricultural mechanics, from Berthoud to John Deere, is coming to the fields, but with a tractor and driver. It's the ideal compromise," says Nicolas Pavillard, a member of the Le Grillon farming community, which farms 230 hectares in Orges (VD), and an agricultural entrepreneur who acquired an SCBA this spring. Its use corresponds more to my working habits than delegating everything to the machine: we continue to treat ourselves, and with an interesting work rate.
Terre & Nature
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The Ara mounted sprayer from Switzerland's Ecorobotix performs targeted treatments with unprecedented precision
RÉUSSIR Machinisme
During SIMA 2022, the French specialised website RÉUSSIR Machinisme published a detailed article on Ecorobotix. It also carried an interview with our Chief Business Officer, Claude Juriens.
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Ecorobotix launches ultra-precise ARA spotsprayer
Ahead of upcoming Paris trade show SIMA, Swiss company Ecorobotix just started marketing its high-precision mounted sprayer ARA. The tool has proved its worth on meadows and is now ready for many row crops, from beetroot to field vegetables and rape.
La France Agricole
La France Agricole released a detailed article presenting our ARA device, its technical and performance details.
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The plant protection product sprayer developed by the Y-Parc firm allows enormous savings in chemicals in the fields. The order book is already full.
24 Heures
Swiss newspaper 24 Heures published a detailed article on our technology and its performance, particularly in terms of reducing the use of plant protection products.
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Technical solutions for vegetable production
Vegetable Growing Field Day at Queckbrunnerhof
The Palatinate Vegetable Growing Field Day at the Queckbrunnerhof near Schifferstadt at the beginning of September attracts vegetable growers and interested parties from all over Germany and neighbouring countries every year who want to find out about new products. At the machinery exhibition, technical solutions for mechanical weed control and plant protection as well as planting and sowing technology were discussed.The story features our technology, that was showcased by our partner Agravis:
Selective spraying and reduction of phytosanitary products
At the Agravis stand, the new Ara spraying system from Ecorobotix was presented, which is designed to significantly reduce the amount of crop protection products used by identifying individual plants and applying them with pinpoint accuracy.→ Read article in PDF (in German)
"Effective and efficient: This is how dock control works"
German magazine Allgäuer Bauernblatt spoke with Claude Juriens, sales manager of Ecorobotix. They talked about the use of ARA in Swiss meadows and pastures. The article was featured in issue 36 (September 8, 2022).
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Weeding is of strategic importance:
- for farmers (keeping plots clean)
- for farms and production plants (production quality)
- for public authorities (preservation of water quality and the environment)
To study the advantages of targeted spraying, ECO-PHYT' launched the Herbicible project with its partners: Bonduelle, Vitalis, Tereos, Sodeleg, Top Oignon, APEF, Servicar, et Gaya-Consultants.
→ Presentation of Project Herbicible (in French)
The Herbicible project is based on the ARA technology which allows the automated recognition and localised treatment of weeds, allowing to save up to 95% of herbicide per pass. Discover the video made for the project (in French)!
Agricultural robotics on the test bench
Ready-to-use agricultural robots offer great potential in both conventional and organic farming. They can automate labour-intensive mechanical weeding and much more.
The ARA precision sprayer from Ecorobotix enables "spot spraying," a plant-to-plant treatment.
→ Read article in PDF (German)
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