Agricultural Spraying Robot PrecisionDrop Achieves 99.5% Accuracy: Pesticide Use Reduced by 70%
US startup AgriBot's PrecisionDrop agricultural spraying robot achieves single-plant-level precision through AI vision, reducing pesticide use by 70% compared to traditional methods, deployed across 10 million acres in the Midwest.
On April 3, California-based startup AgriBot announced that its PrecisionDrop agricultural spraying robot has been deployed across 10 million acres in the US Midwest. PrecisionDrop is equipped with high-resolution multispectral cameras and an AI weed identification system that can distinguish crops from weeds in real-time during operation, spraying herbicide only on targeted weeds with 99.5% accuracy.
Compared to traditional "blanket" spraying, PrecisionDrop reduces herbicide use by 70% and pesticide use by 55%. Each robot covers 500 acres per day, navigated by GPS autopilot. AgriBot CEO stated that PrecisionDrop's per-acre operating cost is $12, compared to $18 for traditional manual spraying, while significantly reducing pesticide pollution to soil and water sources.
The US Department of Agriculture has included PrecisionDrop in its "Precision Agriculture Subsidy Program," with purchasers eligible for a 30% equipment subsidy. AgriBot plans to enter Brazilian and Indian markets in 2029.
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