Solar-Powered Weeding Robot by Bulgarian Startup Raises €2.36M EIC Funding
Bulgarian Smart Farm Robotix, a fully autonomous solar-powered lightweight weeding robot, secured €2.36M in funding from the European Innovation Council (EIC)
Founded in 2022, Smart Farm Robotix primarily focuses on organic herb producers, targeting a gap in existing technology that often overlooks the perennial plants segment and the semi-mountainous terrains of Southern Europe.
Smart Farm Robotix produces a fully solar-powered weeding robot equipped with cameras, positional sensors, and AI for weed detection with autonomous navigation. It deploys both contact and contactless methods to cope with weeds.
The first two prototypes were developed with the founders’ funding and with the support of the PARA incubator, 2022 edition.
In their own words:
According to the company’s founder, Rossen Kolev, “Most weeding robots from Europe are designed for the flat, well-aerated, well-watered fields in Northern and Central Europe. So, there is a lot of potential here that is simply neglected.”
In a nutshell: Bulgarian Smart Farm Robotix, a fully autonomous solar-powered lightweight weeding robot, secured €2.36M in funding from the
The first 100% solar powered weeding robot, suited for work in hilly and mountainous terrains, removing weeds with surgical precision even i
