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İmeceMobil analyzes satellite imagery for crop and water conditions and sends local weather and pest alerts; one grower reported reducing a three-to-four-hour task to about 45 minutes.
Deployed · İmeceMobil / MicrosoftNVIDIA reports that Japan's Moonshot research program uses simulation and NVIDIA hardware in AIREC elder-care robot research.
Experimental · Japan Science and Technology Agency / Waseda University / NVIDIAIndia's Agriculture Ministry reported that a Kharif 2025 pilot sent local monsoon-onset forecasts by SMS to 38,845,214 farmers in 13 states, using a blend that included NeuralGCM, ECMWF AIFS, and 125 years of India Meteorological Department rainfall data.
Deployed · India Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare / University of Chicago Development Innovation Lab / India Meteorological Department / ECMWF / Google ResearchResearchers trained a deep-learning detector on microscopic bacterial microcolonies and visually similar chicken, spinach, and cheese debris, aiming to make food-safety screening faster and more reliable in messy samples.
Experimental · Korea University / Florida State University / Oregon State University / University of California, DavisA machine drives a vegetable field, photographs every plant, decides which are weeds, and burns them with short laser pulses. In 2024 field trials in New Jersey and New York, it controlled weeds as well as or better than the standard herbicide programme.
Deployed · Cornell AgriTech / Rutgers University / Western Growers / Carbon RoboticsWandercraft’s personal exoskeleton entered a clinical trial, with NVIDIA reporting simulation and AI use in its development.
Experimental · Wandercraft / NVIDIANVIDIA and GE HealthCare announced work on autonomous X-ray and ultrasound development using medical-device simulation.
Emerging · GE HealthCare / NVIDIAMoon Surgical's news index lists 2025 NVIDIA Isaac and Holoscan announcements for its Maestro platform.
Emerging · Moon Surgical / NVIDIAVirtual Incision lists a 2025 announcement that it explores NVIDIA Isaac for Healthcare in surgical robotics.
Emerging · Virtual Incision / NVIDIAGXO reported the successful completion of a pilot at its Oosterhout warehouse in the Netherlands, where a Dexory robot autonomously scanned inventory and produced real-time digital inventory models.
Demonstrated · GXO Logistics / DexoryA study combined image-based tillage classification, soil sensors, weather, slope, and crop inputs to recommend tilling intensity and fertilizer amount; authors report stationary prototypes deployed on 155 farms across five countries.
Experimental · npj Sustainable AgricultureClearbot uses electric boats and computer vision for waterway waste collection, as described in NVIDIA’s field report.
Deployed · Clearbot / NVIDIA