Extend Robotics Powers a Groundbreaking Leap in Agriculture with Agri-OpenCore Consortium

Get ready for a seismic shift in farming! Extend Robotics has joined forces with the Agri-OpenCore consortium, a trailblazing, Innovate UK-funded initiative (Project number: 10041179) under the DEFRA "Farming Innovation Programme." This dynamic collaboration brings together the brightest minds in industry, academia, and technology to conquer agriculture’s toughest challenges through next-level automation and digitalization.

Agri-Opencore isn’t just a project—it’s a revolution with two bold missions:

Transform the speed and affordability of robotic harvesting systems, rivalling human efficiency for every farm and crop imaginable.
Forge a legacy, accelerating the development of agri-robotic solutions for all crops and redefining global food production for generations.

What makes Agri-OpenCore truly extraordinary? It’s launching the world’s first open development platform for agri-robotic crop harvesting—a game-changer that blends cutting-edge software and hardware. This platform tears down barriers, giving SMEs unprecedented access to elite technologies and sparking a wave of innovation. Extend Robotics is seizing this opportunity to deliver transformative solutions that will redefine farming worldwide.

“Being part of Agri-OpenCore is a game-changing milestone for Extend Robotics,” said Chang Liu, CEO and Chief Designer of Extend Robotics. “We’re not just contributing—we’re helping lead a charge to revolutionize agriculture. With our intuitive fleet management interface and embodied AI software, we’re equipping farmers with powerful, cutting-edge tools to thrive in a fast-changing world.”

Extend Robotics: The Heart of Innovation

Extend Robotics isn’t just along for the ride—it’s a cornerstone of the Agri-OpenCore ecosystem. By bringing its intuitive fleet management interface and embodied AI software to the table, Extend Robotics is supercharging the future of farming. These innovations enable flawless coordination of robotic fleets, delivering precision, scalability, and user-friendly operation to harvesting tasks. The embodied AI takes it further, empowering robots to tackle the unpredictable challenges of real-world farms with human-like adaptability. This isn’t just automation—it’s agriculture reimagined.

A Dream Team of Innovators

Extend Robotics is thrilled to team up with an all-star lineup of partners, each a titan in their field:

APS Group: The UK’s leading supplier of British tomatoes, offering real-world expertise from the heart of the produce industry.
University of Lincoln – Lincoln Agri-Robotics (LAR): The global pioneer in agricultural robotics, turning groundbreaking research into field-ready solutions.
Dogtooth Technologies: A visionary in fruit harvesting robotics, delivering commercially proven innovations since 2015.
Muddy Machines: Trailblazers in selective harvesting, deploying rugged field robots to transform crop management.

Together, this powerhouse consortium is building and testing scalable technologies, starting with trials on English farms. The open ecosystem cultivated by Agri-OpenCore ensures its breakthroughs will echo worldwide, empowering robotic companies and farming communities for decades.

Fuelled by Innovate UK, Agri-OpenCore is a launchpad for a global agricultural renaissance—and Extend Robotics is proud to be driving this charge. The future of food production starts here, and it’s electrifying.

For more on Agri-OpenCore’s bold vision, visit https://agri-opencore.org. To discover Extend Robotics’ revolutionary solutions, check out https://www.extendrobotics.com/