Farming GT vs Robocrop InRow Weeder
Two weeding machines, one verified table. Every figure below is sourced and dated; vendor claims are labelled and kept apart from independent results.
Stuttgart-built autonomous hoeing robot that identifies crops from the 1 cm cotyledon stage across 100+ validated crops and weeds mechanically around the clock — 40+ robots working 1000+ fields, offered mainly as weeding-as-a-service.
Best for: Vegetable and row-crop growers in Germany and neighbouring EU countries with high hand-weeding costs who want herbicide-free in-row hoeing without buying hardware.Long-established tractor-mounted vision-guided weeder — video image analysis at 30 frames/second locates each individual plant and steers rotating in-row weeding discs around it, killing weeds between rows AND between plants within the row to ~8 mm of the stem. The 2025-season Robocrop AI upgrade adds green-on-green recognition fusing colour, infrared and depth imaging. Like One Smart Spray, this is AI-driven intelligence on a conventional tractor implement, not a standalone robot.
Best for: Transplanted vegetable growers (lettuce, brassicas, celery) and sugar-beet farms replacing hand-weeding gangs or herbicides with camera-guided mechanical in-row weeding on their existing tractor.| Farming GT Verified 2026-07-16 | Robocrop InRow Weeder Verified 2026-07-16 | |
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| Overview | ||
| Task | Weeding | Weeding |
| Autonomy | Fully autonomous | AI-assisted |
| Country of origin | Germany | United Kingdom |
| Availability | Available now | Available now |
| EU market | CE-marked | CE-marked |
| Lead time | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Last verified | 2026-07-16 | 2026-07-16 |
| Specifications | ||
| Power source | Battery-electric · 24+ h runtime | Tractor-mounted implement, hydraulic drive |
| Required tractor power | Not required (self-propelled, no tractor or driver) | Conventional tractor required; hydraulic side-shift steering of the toolbar |
| Dimensions | Track width variable 138–225 cm (convertible in ~15 min) | Working widths up to 6 m / up to 20 rows supplied; larger builds available |
| Weight | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Min farm size | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Productivity | Up to 10 ha per 24 h, unsupervised day and night | Forward speeds up to 6 plant spacings per second |
| Max speed | Not disclosed | Crop-spacing dependent (up to 6 plants/s per row) |
| Sensors | AI multispectral plant/stem detection from 1 cm size · row guidance without GNSS dependency · collision and rain sensors | Robocrop video image analysis at 30 fps · Robocrop AI (2025) adds colour + infrared + depth green-on-green plant recognition · 10.1" in-cab terminal |
| Price & model | ||
| Price (EUR) | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Native price | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Business model | Primarily weeding-as-a-service; direct machine sale on request | Buy via Garford and its UK/international dealer network |
| Ongoing cost | Service pricing not published | Wear metal (discs, blades), camera care; no software subscription published |
| Key outcome | ||
| Best verified result | Herbicide use −100% · vendor | In-row weeding precision Mechanical weeding to ~8 mm from the plant stem · vendor |
| EU context | ||
| CE marking | CE-conform per vendor (Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC compliance stated) | CE marked for EU sales; UKCA for the UK market |
| Machinery Regulation | Vendor states 2006/42/EC compliance; 2023/1230 transition status not published | Tractor-mounted implement under the EU machinery regime; operator remains in control |
| CAP subsidy | Herbicide-free mechanical weeding aligns with eco-scheme goals; no formal listing verified | Mechanical/herbicide-free weeding supports CAP eco-scheme and organic conversion measures |
"—" means the manufacturer has not disclosed the figure; we never estimate silently. Model either machine's payback with your own numbers on its ROI calculator page.