Collaboration will provide growers with greater flexibility and enable Fieldwork’s robots to tackle steeper inclines and wider terrain ranges,
Fieldwork Robotics has announce that it has partnered with Dynium, a Northamptonshire-based company specialising in the design and manufacture of fully autonomous vehicles for polytunnel and other off-highway applications.
According to the company, the partnership with Dynium opens new possibilities for its harvesting robots.
Growers will benefit from greater choice in base navigation platforms to power Fieldwork’s harvesting payload, it noted, as the collaboration enables further interoperability between different technologies.
”Interoperability of technology is a huge advantage to growers and will afford Fieldwork’s customers greater flexibility and lower operating costs,” the group stated.
Additionally, through the partnership, Fieldwork’s robots will gain enhanced power, improved fleet management, and smarter autonomous navigation.
Dynium vehicles utilise high torque articulated propulsion units (‘e-hubs’), enabling a non-skid steer, high payload capacity vehicle.
These systems also allow for Fieldwork’s robots to tackle steeper inclines safely and efficiently, expanding the range of farms and terrains where Fieldwork’s robots can be deployed.
The partnership follows the completion of Fieldwork’s 18-month BerryBot Project, part funded by an Innovate UK grant in 2023, which demonstrated the effectiveness of Fieldwork’s base-agnostic approach and engineering advancements.
“We are delighted to collaborate with Dynium, whose vehicles with advanced integrated drives give our robots more power, smarter navigation, and the ability to operate across a wide range of terrains,” said David Fulton, Fieldwork Robotics CEO.
”Most importantly, this partnership ensures our technology can be seamlessly integrated into farming operations, helping growers improve efficiency, reduce labour pressures, and make robotics a practical, profitable part of modern agriculture.
“This is an important milestone for Fieldwork, and we look forward to developing future innovations together with Dynium,” he commented.
Chris Horton, Dynium CEO, said his company had “worked tirelessly” to create and develop ‘BOB’, a platform now recognised by global agronomists and growers as a world leading technology.
”Designed for high payload capacity, accurate polytunnel autonomy and minimal soil disturbance, BOB delivers capabilities not available in other vehicles, yet critical to mobile agritech systems,” he outlined.
”We are now excited to offer BOB as an advanced autonomous platform underpinning a wider range of agricultural services.
”Fieldwork Robotics, at the forefront of robotic harvesting, is an incredibly exciting collaboration which complements both of our technologies, enhancing capability and adoption,” Horton added.
