San Francisco, California, Dec. 2, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the agricultural robots are used in every aspect of farming, milking, food production, and animal control to implement automated process for the industry. Weed control is able to achieve crop-yield increases. Robot technology is deploying machines for weed control, promising to improve crop yields. Robots make the crops safer by eliminating or virtually eliminating herbicides. Downstream processing system solutions and robots achieve automation of process. Robots meet stringent hygiene and safety regulations, work tirelessly 24 hours a day, and relieve human workers of physically arduous tasks. Robots contribute to the freshness, variety and quality of food. Projects are ongoing.

The robotic platforms are capable of site-specific spraying. This is targeted spraying only on foliage and selected targets. It can be used for selective harvesting of fruit. The robots detect the fruit, sense its ripeness, then move to grasp and softly detach only ripe fruit.

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Agricultural robots address automation of process for agribusiness. The challenge being addressed is to guide farmers towards a new economic model. The aim is to meet demands of a global market. Harvesting is one benefit. Crop-yield increases come from weed control. Robot technology is deploying its machines for weed control, promising to improve crop yields. Robots make the crops safer by eliminating or virtually eliminating herbicides.

Agricultural robot market size at $817 million in 2013 are anticipated to reach $16.3 billion by 2020, a hefty growth for a nascent market. Agricultural robots are but part of an overall trend toward more automated process for every type of human endeavor. Robots are being used more widely than expected in a variety of sectors, and the trend is likely to continue with robotics becoming as ubiquitous as computer technology over the next 15 years.

Companies Profiled

Market Leaders

•     Lely
•     Yaskawa / Motoman
•     Yamaha
•     Kuka

Market Participants

•     ABB Robotics
•     Agile Planet
•     AgRA: RAS Agricultural Robotics and Automation
•     Agrobot
•     Australian Centre for Field Robotics
•     Blue River Technology
•     Blue River / Khosla Ventures
•     CNH Industrial / Fiat / Case IH
•     cRops 312
•     Fanuc
•     Georgia Tech Agricultural Robots
•     Google / Boston Dynamics
•     Google / Motorola
•     Harvard Robobee
•     Harvest Automation
•     IBM
•     iRobot
•     Jaybridge Robotics
•     KumoTek
•     Kyoto University
•     Millennial Net
•     NARO, a Japanese Incorporated Administrative Agency
•     National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
•     Japanese National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
•     Ossian Agro Automation / Nano Ganesh
•     Precise Path Robotics
•     Robotic Harvesting
•     Sicily Tractor Harvesting
•     Shibuya Seiki
•     Shibuya Kogyo
•     Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
•     University of California, Davis
•     Wall-Ye V.I.N. Robot
•     Yamaha
•     Yaskawa / Motoman
•     Agricultural Robotic Research Labs

Key Topics Covered

•     Agricultural Robots
•     Automated harvesting systems
•     Autonomous navigation in the fields
•     Robotics to automate agricultural operations such as mowing, pruning, seeding, spraying or thinning
•     Impact of robots in the fields
•     Innovative hmi for agricultural robotics
•     Robots in forestry
•     New standards for agricultural robotics
•     Uav and rpas for agricultural applications
•     Cooperative robots in agriculture
•     Methods for agricultural robots management
•     Autonomous Plowing
•     Automatic Harvesting
•     Adaptive Robots
•     Reinforcement Learning
•     Evolution Robotics
•     Multiple Agents
•     Robotic Agriculture
•     Artichoke harvesting
•     Agricultural robotics
•     Artificial vision
•     Outdoor autonomous robot
•     Energy Harvesting
•     Wireless Nodes
•     Microcontroller
•     Robotic Harvesters
•     Economies of Scale
•     Powering Robotic Tractors

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