Events & News

Brandenburg

A new field season has begun, and the SoilRob team has already successfully completed the first sampling campaigns of the year. We spent several days in the field in Bavaria on the LfL sites, near Göttingen together with the IfZ, and at our two experimental sites in Brandenburg.

ZALF, Müncheberg

Within the framework of the EU Horizon project BENCHMARKS, around 25 international scientists visited ZALF to exchange ideas on the topic of “spatially diversified cropping systems and technologies for soil health monitoring.” They gained insights both on the patchCROP plots and in our...

Tübingen

The SoilRob team gained significant scientific input from this year's conference of the German Soil Science Society (DBG) under the motto #HealthySoilsClimateProtection, held from September 13-18, 2025 in Tübingen.

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

As part of the “2nd International Summer School of Advanced Soil Physics” under the theme “Modeling Water Fluxes in the Soil-Plant System”, Lina Rohlmann was able to learn the fundamentals of soil–plant modeling in September 2025.

Lietzen

On 2 September 2025, the SoilRob team, together with colleagues from ZALF, took part in the state Harvest Thanksgiving Festival in Altranft (Märkisch-Oderland district).

Press Releases

Contributions

Autonomous weeding robots and their impact on soil

A new publication by the SoilRob team provides an overview of the current state of research on the impact of field robotics on soil health…

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Technical conference at the Society for Conservation Tillage e.V.

Dr. Kathrin Grahmann at the University of Hohenheim symposium: Autonomous field robots as tools for soil-friendly and diversified agriculture?

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New publication on the automated evaluation of Von Törne bait strips – an important milestone for the SoilRob team

Dr. Adrija Roy published a peer-reviewed paper in the journal Ecological Indicators in which she automated the evaluation of Von Törne bait strips (Bait-Lamina sticks), thereby facilitating the work of the SoilRob team

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Research for the Bioeconomy

Kathrin Grahmann – The Agricultural Scientist

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"On Fertile Ground" – Contribution on the Topic of Field Robotics in the MaxPlanckResearch Magazine

MaxPlanckResearch 4/2024 / Polycultures and Field Robotics – Can the Compatibility of Growth and Sustainability in Agriculture Be Achieved This Way?

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