Studenten testen einen landwirtschaftlichen Roboter in einem Feld mit jungen Pflanzen.

Dates and Facts

The 23th Field Robot Event will take place as part of the DLG-Feldtage, 16 to 18 June 2026
Venue: International DLG Crop Production Centre Bernburg, Germany.
Field Robot Event 2026 Tasks Overview
The Field Robot Event 2026 challenges autonomous robots to perform realistic agricultural tasks, including navigation, plant health detection, biodiversity monitoring, and targeted soil treatment. A creative freestyle task highlights innovative and sustainable solutions.
Click the button to download the full task description with rules, scoring, and illustrations.
Männer und Frauen beobachten einen kleinen, vierrädrigen Roboter mit Lichtern auf einem Feld mit jungen Pflanzen.

The Contest at a Glance

  • The competition is structured over multiple tasks that test distinct robot capabilities. Teams begin in basic navigation and progressively face more advanced challenges—such as precise sensing, classification, mapping, and manipulation.
  • The final “freestyle” challenge allows each team to demonstrate an original concept or application beyond the standard tasks.
  • Judges evaluate performance not only in terms of accuracy or speed but also in safety, reliability, robustness in outdoor conditions, and creativity.
  • Past tasks have included autonomous row navigation, gap traversal, object/weed detection, mapping, and classification.
  • The contest is typically held outdoors; in some editions, online or hybrid formats or virtual fields may also be involved.
The Field Robot Event is a global, student-driven competition dedicated to advancing autonomous agricultural robotics.
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