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Kubota is a robotics company founded 1890, based in Japan, developing 1 robot primarily in the Agricultural category.
Compact and large-scale agricultural machinery for mechanized farming.
Kubota builds agricultural machinery including combine harvesters and rice transplanters, including the Agri Robo Rice-Transplanter, which it describes as the world’s first autonomous rice-transplanting machine without an onboard operator. Its rice-transplanter line is aimed at mechanizing labor-intensive rice planting and harvesting, with sales across Japan and other Asian markets.
Company facts
- HQ
- Osaka, Japan
- Founded
- 1890 · 136 yrs
- Website
- kubota.com
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Milestones
Kubota highlighted the Agri Robo Rice-Transplanter as a fully automatic machine that operates without an onboard operator.
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Active products by Kubota
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| 1 | ![]() | Agri Robo Rice-Transplanter | Agricultural | 2020 | A |
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