• Anyone who has or wants something with robots could indulge mid-December in Toulouse during the Fira robot congress. Over 850 participants from 42 countries gathered and there were about 20 robots on display, some for the first time. The focus is on weed control.

  • Norway and UK-based Saga Robotics has raised €9.5 million in its latest round of funding from international investors, including the Norwegian sovereign climate investment company Nysnø Climate Investments, London-based ADM Capital Europe LLP, and Rabo Food & Agri Innovation Fund – the investment arm of world-leading Dutch agricultural bank, Rabobank. These lead investors were also joined by a group of Norwegian investors including Propagator Venture.

  •  Sixty different robots have reached the commercial stage and can be bought or leased for publicly known prices. Take your pick!