Robot model
FD20
FarmDroid (founded 2018 in Vejen, Denmark, by brothers Jens and Kristian Warming) makes the FD20, a solar-powered autonomous field robot that both sows and…
- Manufacturer
- FarmDroid
- Form factor
- agriculture
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
- Website
- farmdroid.com ↗
Overview
FarmDroid (founded 2018 in Vejen, Denmark, by brothers Jens and Kristian Warming) makes the FD20, a solar-powered autonomous field robot that both sows and mechanically weeds row crops in a single machine. Lightweight at about 1,250 kilograms and powered by four solar panels with a roughly 1.6 kilowatt-hour battery for 18 to 24 hours of operation, it uses 8-millimeter RTK-GPS to record the exact position of every seed at sowing, which lets it weed precisely between and within rows before the crop even emerges, herbicide-free. It has seen strong adoption in European organic farming and is recorded at commercial maturity. By the company's own reporting it has sold more than 500 robots across 26 countries since first sales in 2019, and in the 2025 season its fleet weeded about 26,335 hectares across 26 countries; this sits on an independently corroborated growth curve, with Farmers Weekly reporting 250 units in 18 countries as of April 2022. FarmDroid raised 10.5 million euro in October 2024 from Convent Capital, Navus Ventures, and Denmark's state export and investment fund EIFO, earmarked to expand from organic into the conventional market. The product evolves through modular upgrades, including a new +Seed system and an optional +Spray module, rather than a new model. Claims of being the world's best-selling robot in this niche are marketing and not asserted, the herbicide-free description applies to the base configuration since the optional +Spray module micro-doses chemicals, and the North American presence remains early-stage trials and emerging dealer listings rather than commercial scale.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Sources on file
- 6 sources, view all
Key facts
Weight
Battery
Runtime
Sensor suite
Price
Specs
Crop
Notes
Products
Implement
Weight kg
Form Factor
Battery kwh
Autonomy level
Data & sources
Press releases
3
News coverage
1
Web sources
2
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Availability and pricing
- Availability
- Not sold (internal use)
- Price
- Not publicly disclosed
- Units in field
- Not disclosed
- Sales model
- Not disclosed
- Lead time
- Not disclosed
Pricing
No verified price is on record for FD20. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (1)
- FD20 at Aarhusoperational
Farmdroid FD20 solar-powered seeding/weeding robot deployed at organic vegetable farms in Denmark.
FD20 on the deployment map
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
FarmDroid FD20 autonomous seeding and weeding
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Deployment-verified media (1)
FarmDroid's footage of its FD20 solar-powered robot autonomously seeding and mechanically weeding a field. Genuine in-field autonomy (RTK-GPS-guided, seeding and weeding the same rows), still structured-field and operator-monitored: the farmer sets it up, supervises, and intervenes via an app.
From deployment: Aarhus
Safety record
No incidents on record for FD20.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (6)
- https://farmdroid.com/products/farmdroid-fd20/
- https://www.therobotreport.com/farmdroid-obtain-over-11m-deploy-modular-robot-globally/
- https://farmdroid.com/
- https://farmdroid.com/blog/weeding-season-results-are-in/
- https://www.realagriculture.com/2025/11/first-it-seeds-then-it-weeds-its-the-autonomous-farmdroid-fd20
- https://www.eu-startups.com/2024/10/danish-agtech-farmdroid-secures-e10-5-million-for-its-autonomous-solar-powered-agricultural-robot/
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Common questions
- What is FD20?
- FarmDroid (founded 2018 in Vejen, Denmark, by brothers Jens and Kristian Warming) makes the FD20, a solar-powered autonomous field robot that both sows and mechanically weeds row crops in a single machine. Lightweight at about 1,250 kilograms and powered by four solar panels with a roughly 1.6 kilowatt-hour battery for 18 to 24 hours of operation, it uses 8-millimeter RTK-GPS to record the exact position of every seed at sowing, which lets it weed precisely between and within rows before the crop even emerges, herbicide-free. It has seen strong adoption in European organic farming and is recorded at commercial maturity. By the company's own reporting it has sold more than 500 robots across 26 countries since first sales in 2019, and in the 2025 season its fleet weeded about 26,335 hectares across 26 countries; this sits on an independently corroborated growth curve, with Farmers Weekly reporting 250 units in 18 countries as of April 2022. FarmDroid raised 10.5 million euro in October 2024 from Convent Capital, Navus Ventures, and Denmark's state export and investment fund EIFO, earmarked to expand from organic into the conventional market. The product evolves through modular upgrades, including a new +Seed system and an optional +Spray module, rather than a new model. Claims of being the world's best-selling robot in this niche are marketing and not asserted, the herbicide-free description applies to the base configuration since the optional +Spray module micro-doses chemicals, and the North American presence remains early-stage trials and emerging dealer listings rather than commercial scale.
- How much does FD20 cost?
- FD20's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for FD20 from FarmDroid. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
- Is FD20 actually deployed in the real world?
- Yes. FD20 is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
- Who makes FD20?
- FD20 is made by FarmDroid, based in Vejen, Denmark, founded in 2018.
- Where is FD20 deployed?
- 1 verified deployment of FD20 is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Aarhus.
- Can you buy FD20?
- FD20 is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.
- What are alternatives to FD20?
- On the DEPLOY registry, comparable agriculture robots to FD20 include Ted, ARA, LaserWeeder, John Deere autonomous tractor + See & Spray.
- How does FD20 compare to Ted?
- FD20 and Ted (Naio Technologies · 5 deployments) are both agriculture robots on the DEPLOY registry. FD20 has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.
- Is FD20 a top agriculture?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, FD20 ranks in roughly the top 48% of agriculture models tracked by the registry.
- What is FD20's maturity stage?
- FD20 is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
- Is FD20 safe?
- FD20 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.
Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (3 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-12
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-12
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: agriculture
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for FD20.Recent coverage
FD20 in third-party press
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning FD20 from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/farmdroid-fd20.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/d197140f-7768-4675-a5b9-3aaf5034062a
- Revision history: /models/farmdroid-fd20/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Buyer-facing pricing: deploy.report/price/farmdroid-fd20
Reality vs attention
FD20 draws attention at the 24th percentile but verifies reality at the 26th percentile among ag robots. Hype Gap -2.5, 14th widest among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited independent press and video coverage to date.
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Dimension breakdown
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Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 19, 2026