Oscar vs Solix
Two spraying machines, one verified table. Every figure below is sourced and dated; vendor claims are labelled and kept apart from independent results.
French autonomous field robot from Osiris Agriculture (Illies, Hauts-de-France; founded 2021) that self-navigates row crops via RTK-GNSS and delivers precision irrigation plus fertigation — nitrogen/potassium dosed into the water — through a foldable boom, generating its own electricity from the water flow as it runs (solar, diesel-generator or battery backup when off-water). Commercially sold since 2025 in northern France through distributor Verhaeghe Irrigation; Osiris itself lists crop-protection spraying as a future capability, not a current one.
Best for: Large-scale potato and vegetable growers in northern France (or similar row-crop regions) who already run hose-reel/boom irrigation and want to automate it while adding fertigation — the distributor cites roughly 25 ha as the economic break-even.Solar-powered scouting and spot-spraying robot from Brazilian-founded Solinftec (global HQ West Lafayette, Indiana) — lives in the field 24/7, monitors up to 2 million plants a day and applies herbicide plant-by-plant; 100+ robots deployed, US acreage up 243% year-on-year into 2026.
Best for: Large US corn-belt and Brazilian row-crop operations wanting continuous in-field scouting plus targeted herbicide application without diesel or an operator.| Oscar Verified 2026-07-19 | Solix Verified 2026-07-16 | |
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| Overview | ||
| Task | Spraying | Spraying |
| Autonomy | Fully autonomous | Fully autonomous |
| Country of origin | France | Brazil |
| Availability | Available now | Available now |
| EU market | Pending | Pending |
| Lead time | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Last verified | 2026-07-19 | 2026-07-16 |
| Specifications | ||
| Power source | Electric — onboard water-turbine generator produces power from the irrigation flow itself; solar panels, a diesel generator, or batteries back it up when not connected to a water source | Solar panels + battery backup (up to 3 days operation without direct sun) |
| Required tractor power | Not required for operation (self-propelled); road transport between fields via tractor tow, with regulatory approval for that still pending per one source | Not applicable |
| Dimensions | 5.08 m long x 3.05 m wide x 3.43 m high; foldable boom extends to 40-44 m depending on configuration (sources vary between 24-40 m and up to 44 m) | Not disclosed |
| Weight | 12,000 kg | ~500 kg (sprayer version) |
| Min farm size | Roughly 25 ha (economic break-even point cited by French distributor Verhaeghe Irrigation) | 200 ha |
| Productivity | Roughly 25-40 ha irrigated per week (sources vary), applying about 20-30 mm of water per week; water flow up to 60 m3/h | Monitors up to 2 million plants/day; ~12 gal tank on a 40 ft spot-spray boom |
| Max speed | 100-250 m/h field travel speed | Not disclosed |
| Sensors | RTK-GNSS plus inertial measurement unit for centimetre-level autonomous navigation; onboard cameras for plant growth and soil-moisture monitoring | ALICE AI platform · 8 high-resolution cameras · plant-by-plant weed, insect, disease and population detection |
| Price & model | ||
| Price (EUR) | €250,000 | Not disclosed |
| Native price | €250,000 | Not disclosed |
| Business model | Direct purchase; base price ~€250,000 HT (excl. tax), indicative €200,000- 300,000 range reported depending on configuration (wheel count, boom width, hose length, tyres, guidance system) — versus roughly €100,000 HT for a traditional hose-reel-with-boom irrigator. Sold in northern France through distributor Verhaeghe Irrigation (Montdidier, Somme); Osiris Agriculture also sells and demonstrates directly. | Commercial terms not publicly disclosed; deployed via Solinftec programs in the US and Brazil |
| Ongoing cost | Not disclosed — no published subscription, per-hectare service fee, or consumables schedule found beyond the buyer-configured hardware options at purchase. | ALICE platform subscription/service relationship with Solinftec |
| Key outcome | ||
| Best verified result | Water use vs. conventional hose-reel/cannon irrigation ~-30% (vendor commitment) · vendor | Plants monitored per day up to 2 million plants/day per robot · vendor |
| EU context | ||
| CE marking | Not confirmed — no explicit CE-marking statement found on the manufacturer site or in trade press. Osiris is reported to be developing separate "autonomy certification" to run the robot without an on-site supervisor, implying current commercial operation is supervised. | No CE marking verifiable as of July 2026 |
| Machinery Regulation | Placed on the French/EU market commercially since 2025; would fall under the autonomous-machine provisions of Regulation (EU) 2023/1230, but no explicit compliance statement was found in the sources checked. | Not established for the EU market; conformity under Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 would be required for EU sales |
| CAP subsidy | Precision water and fertiliser dosing could support CAP eco-scheme water-efficiency measures; no direct CAP linkage has been published by Osiris. | Not applicable without EU availability |
"—" 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.