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ARA at Slovakia

The Ecorobotix ARA is an AI-powered ultra-high-precision plant-by-plant sprayer that targets weeds at roughly 6x6 cm resolution with millisecond timing, cutting herbicide use by up to 95%.

ARA by Ecorobotix · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified


Machine-readable surfaces

Agromacaj A.S., one of Europe's largest onion producers, runs three Ecorobotix ARA plant-by-plant smart sprayers across a 12,000-hectare operation (750 hectares of onions across 27 crops) in Slovakia, starting with two units in 2024 and adding a third in winter 2024. The operation reported cutting herbicide use from 200 to 28.2 litres per hectare, an 86 percent reduction, in the first year. The cleanest named-operator ARA deployment.

Key facts

Operator
Agromacaj A.S.
Fleet
3 ARA sprayers
Herbicide cut
~86% (200 to 28.2 L/ha)

Safety record

No incidents on record for ARA at Slovakia.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified
Last updated
2026-07-09
Model
ARA
Company
Ecorobotix
Location
Slovakia
Status
scaled
First seen
2024-01-01
ID
d674a9a8-6987-45c2-841f-cf5881954a95

Sources (1)

  1. 12,000 hectares, 3 ARA sprayers, 1 vision: precision farming at Agromacaj A.S. · https://press.ecorobotix.com/397084-12000-hectares-3-ara-sprayers-1-vision-precision-farming-at-agromacaj-as · 2025-04-14
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-09

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-09

Maturity + lifecycle

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: agriculture

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Methodology surface for ARA at Slovakia.

Common questions

What is the ARA deployment at Slovakia?
ARA, built by Ecorobotix, is recorded as a deployment at Slovakia on the DEPLOY registry. Ecorobotix operates the deployment directly.
Who operates ARA at Slovakia?
Ecorobotix, the manufacturer of ARA, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the ARA deployment at Slovakia go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2024 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the ARA deployment at Slovakia?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
Is ARA at Slovakia safe?
ARA at Slovakia has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

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