Agricultural robotics is developing rapidly worldwide, with almost a hundred specialized companies established in the last year alone. Robotization, together with digitalization and artificial intelligence, is increasingly becoming an integral part of agricultural activities. This is why the EIMA international exhibition, dedicated to agricultural and green maintenance machinery, is drawing significant attention.
This exhibition helps agricultural entrepreneurs reduce production costs and optimize operational processes while addressing the current labor shortage, an issue affecting the entire primary sector. In Italy, robotics is already revolutionizing farm work, offering greater profitability and supporting the development of precision agriculture, minimizing resource use and reducing the environmental impact of production.
These new perspectives for agriculture are being discussed at EIMA, the international fair currently taking place at the Bologna Trade Fair, with expert-led sessions. Two key events include “Agricultural Robotics: The Future is Now,” sponsored by Fira, Aef, Tevel, Field Robotics, Arvatec, and FederUnacoma, and “The Era of Autonomous Tool Carriers in Agriculture,” organized by Edagricole. Matteo Matteucci, from the Milan Polytechnic University, explains: “In the field of new technologies, we always observe the same dynamic: an initial spike in usage, followed by a plateau.” This dynamic also applies to robots, which in agriculture are becoming a tangible reality for all types of crops. Equipped with AI-based software, they can learn from mistakes and improve their performance.
This trend encourages the establishment of numerous companies specializing in robots designed to support agricultural entrepreneurs. In the last year alone, around a hundred such companies have emerged globally, highlighting how robotization is transforming agricultural production processes.
Robots offer multiple advantages beyond profitability and sustainability. They enable more effective and precise pest control and allow agricultural work to be conducted more safely, sustainably, and efficiently, with targeted, on-demand interventions. This is why the field robotics market opens up promising development prospects worldwide.