Advantages of farmdroid
Fully automatic seeding and weeding
FarmDroid is an autonomous field robot that takes care of seeding and weeding by itself using high-precision RTK GPS technology.
Row spacing, plant distance, seeding depth as well as speed and tolerance of the robot can all be adjusted to fit the farmer’s specific crops, type of soil and individual wishes. Should anything deviate from the robot’s specific settings, it will automatically stop working and notify the farmer.
FD20 handles more than 100 different crops including sugar beet, onion, rapeseed, maize, beans, flowers, herbs, and more. It is recommended for around 20 hectares per crop per season.
FD60 is built for bigger-seeded crops like maize, beans, and chickpeas, it doesn’t handle fine seeds like flowers. Its wider working width and increased speed allow 60 hectares capacity per crop per season.
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Enhanced yield
precise weeding reduces or even eliminates the need for hard, manual labor
Extremely precise weeding between the rows and inside the rows gives the crops optimal growth conditions without having to compete with weeds for nutrition and sunlight.
Start weeding before the plants germinate
Using accurate GPS technology
FarmDroid FD20 and FD60 both use high-precision GPS technology to seed the crops, so they know exactly where to weed. Neither depends on cameras or sensors to recognize the weeds, which contributes to increased operational stability. Extreme precision when seeding assures that the robot knows the exact position of each individual crop, and for this reason it can start the weeding process at a very early stage, even before the crops have germinated! This guarantees that the weeds are kept down strictly.
Preserves the soil's microstructure
because of the robot’s light weight
Unlike today's massive and heavy agricultural machines, FarmDroid FD20 weighs just 1250 kg, and FD60, while larger, is still a fraction of the weight of the tractors they replace. That keeps the impact on the soil's delicate microstructure to a minimum.
SOLAR AND HYBRID POWER
HOW EACH FARMDROID GETS ITS ENERGY
FD20 is equipped with four high-efficiency solar panels converting sunlight into 1.6 kWp power to its 6 kWh batteries. In early spring, when sunlight is limited, daily energy production typically reaches around 5 kWh, increasing to up to 13 kWh in late spring and summer. With an average power consumption of around 550 W, this provides approximately 9 hours of operation in early March and up to 24 hours in May under favorable conditions. A Power Bank add-on as a back up power secures the FD20 to run day and night even in insufficient light conditions.
FD60 is equipped with 8 solar panels delivering 3.7 kWp to a 23.5 kWh battery. Solar power and a built-in 3 kW Range Extender, with a 12-litre tank, both keep that battery charged, and the battery drives the robot. This way, FD60 can run up to 24 hours a day using as little as 1 to 1.5 litres of fuel per hectare for the whole season.
Payback period as low as 2 years
eliminate or reduce the number of manual labor hours
With a FarmDroid you will strongly reduce or even completely eliminate the need for time-consuming, tiring, and hard manual work. Therefore, we have many examples of payback periods as low as 2 years!
„Sustainability is not only something we practice with the robot“
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Want to know more?
Want to learn more about how FarmDroid can help you grow crops with less labour, higher yields and only the inputs your crop needs, on nature's terms? It's also built to be productive and easy to use.
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Bram Hendrickx - Market Manager, The Netherlands
