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FD20
Photo: FarmDroid (official image), from farmdroid.com. Image policy
CommercialDenmarkFully autonomous

FarmDroid · working robot

FD20

A light, solar-charged robot that sows seeds and then hoes between and within the rows, guided by RTK GPS accurate to about 8 mm. It weighs about 1,250 kg and works up to 24 hours a day at walking pace.

Price
—Not published
Height
—Not published
Weight
1250 kgHeavier than 89%
Payload
—Not published
Speed
0.9 km/hFaster than 2%
Battery
24 hRuns longer than 98%
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Why it matters

A solar-powered field robot that records the GPS position of every seed it plants and later weeds around each one, with no camera.

Real-world use

More than 500 FD20s sold in 26 countries by 2026 (maker); in the 2026 season the fleet weeded about 22,500 hectares.

Timeline

First shown
2019
Released
2019
First FD20 sold in spring 2019 (prototypes ran in 2017)

Maker

FarmDroidCompany · founded 2018 · Vejen, Denmark

How it stacks up

Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

  1. FD20FarmDroid · 20191250 kg
  2. KIRA B 50Kärcher · 2018228 kg
  3. Handle (logistics version)Boston Dynamics · 2019150 kg
  4. BellaBotPudu Robotics · 201955 kg
  5. WhizSoftBank Robotics · 201934 kg
  6. DingoClearpath Robotics (now part of Rockwell Automation) · 201913 kg
  7. temitemi (Robotemi) · 201812 kg
  8. TertillTertill Corporation (formerly Franklin Robotics) · 20191.1 kg

FD20 is heavier than 89% of the 75 other working & field robots that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.

Weight 1250 kg 1.1 kg7800 kg #9 of 76 · heavier than 89%

Not published by the maker: height, payload, joints, price.

Public attention

How much public attention FD20 gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Wheeled base
How it runs
Fully autonomous. It sows and hoes fields by itself on RTK GPS, running day and night on solar power.
Actuators & motors
Electric drive at about 950 m per hour; up to 12 rows over 3.5 m working width; seeds and then weeds between and within rows
Sensors & vision
RTK GPS with about 8 mm accuracy; records each seed position so it weeds without a camera
Battery & power
Four solar panels charge two batteries for up to 24 hours of work a day; optional Power Bank adds up to 12 hours
Other details
1,250 kg; up to 6-6.5 ha per day; tested on more than 100 crops

Lineage

Every FarmDroid machine in order.

  1. FD20FD202019Commercial
  2. FD60FD602026Prototype

Watch FD20

Video: FarmDroid on YouTube. Plays from youtube-nocookie.com when you press play.

Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Sold or delivered
More than 500 FarmDroids sold in 26 countries (maker, 2026)
Where it is sold or used
Southern Denmark

News

The latest 1, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. AGRAVIS ends German FarmDroid distribution

    FarmDroid said the AGRAVIS distribution partnership in Germany was ending.

    FarmDroid

Sources

Figures come from the maker. Every link below backs something on this page.

FarmDroid Products FarmDroid Our story FarmDroid FarmDroid home page farmdroid.dk FD20: how it is operated

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