Signals from the field
Verified developments from autonomous agricultural robotics, field programmes and Orbiba’s growing deep-tech ecosystem.
VegMech Technology Catalogue has added Ecominos to its international agricultural robotics directory, presenting the platform's autonomous operation, modular tools, field performance and roadmap for growers.
30 July 2026
S2 Xpeed published a founder interview with Orbiba Robotics on why weed control is still one of farming's hardest jobs, how a single autonomous platform can carry many tools, and how field data becomes a decision a grower can act on.
29 June 2026
Orbiba Robotics is inviting 30 farmers to help validate Ecominos through a nine-month programme under real production conditions.
30 January 2026
EIT Food named Orbiba Robotics founder İlker Bektaş a Tech Pioneer among seven European agrifood innovators recognized for market-ready innovation with Ecominos.
14 October 2025
Orbiba Robotics was selected as the jury's first-place venture at the Teknopark Ankara 2025 Acceleration Programme Demo Day, where 14 startups presented their solutions.
14 September 2025
Ekonomist's smart-farming feature covers Orbiba Robotics' modular weed robot and its production target through the second quarter of 2026.
13 August 2025
StartUs Insights identifies Orbiba Robotics among notable ventures building modular autonomous robots for small and mid-sized farms.
23 July 2025
According to Tarımca, CEO İlker Bektaş represented Orbiba Robotics at the Interstellar Technology Awards 2024, bringing Türkiye's agricultural deep-tech perspective to an international audience.
27 March 2025
Future Farming's Ecominos catalogue profile brings together a 110 kg electric platform, 6-8 hours of operation, rated output of 0.6 hectares per hour and multi-sensor navigation.
27 March 2025
Future Farming profiled the Ecominos shown at World FIRA as a lightweight, electric and modular field robot developed around the needs of small and mid-sized organic growers.
27 March 2025
AgriTech Insights examines Ecominos through its beta price, historical sales and pre-orders, and the distribution and service needs of family farms.
27 March 2025
Orbiba Robotics positions autonomous field robots around the practical needs of small and mid-sized organic farms. Ecominos combines precision weed management and multiple field tasks on one modular platform.
02 March 2025
Ekonomi Gazetesi placed Orbiba Robotics' early CNC robotic farm vehicle concept within the Izmir Agricultural Technology Center ecosystem.
06 February 2025
Acceptance into NVIDIA Inception gives Orbiba Robotics a broader technical network as it develops edge AI, computer vision and autonomous decision systems for field robots.
06 January 2025
Orbiba Robotics does not rely on a single funding route. Its published support portfolio combines crowdfunding, non-dilutive R&D grants, accelerator programmes and in-kind cloud-service credits.
30 December 2024
On Radio Sputnik, İlker Bektaş discussed how CERN's structured laser beam could support precise, energy-efficient agricultural robots.
17 December 2024
As the first agricultural technology venture admitted to CERN Venture Connect, Orbiba Robotics is beginning an SLB technology-transfer pathway.
17 December 2024
Orbiba Robotics' path into CERN Venture Connect is more than a licensing milestone: it shows how agricultural R&D developed at YTU Innovation Hub can connect with an international technology-transfer network.
10 December 2024
At its Business Applications Space Solutions webinar on space-enabled agricultural robotics, ESA presented Orbiba Robotics as company No. 08 in a ten-company global investment landscape overview.
11 October 2024
Orbiba Robotics received an Excellence Award at Global AgriInno Challenge 2024 for its OrbBite solution. It was one of ten youth-led innovations selected from 202 applications across 40 countries.
15 August 2024
Orbiba Robotics' first agricultural robot sale moved Ecominos from prototype development into paid-user field learning. Feedback from ten pioneer farmers now informs the platform's next iterations.
08 August 2024
International industry coverage relayed by Tarımca Dergisi brings Orbiba Robotics' accessibility-led approach into global media, data and investment discussions around farm robotics.
24 July 2024
AgFunder News' 2024 review shows that interest in farm automation persisted through a tougher funding market, with Orbiba Robotics included among the sector's seed-stage companies.
22 March 2024
Orbiba Robotics was one of 17 ventures selected for the EU-funded S3E Charge 2024 programme, bringing its agricultural robotics mission into a wider European deep-tech network.
06 March 2024
The Robot Report included Orbiba Robotics in its January 2024 review of $578 million in funding announced across the robotics industry.
21 January 2024
Through an equity crowdfunding campaign on Fonlabüyüsün, Orbiba Robotics opened its agricultural robotics R&D story to a broad investor community and later exceeded its initial target.
19 September 2023
Innov8.ag founder Steve Mantle highlighted Orbiba Robotics alongside Carbon Robotics and Naïo Technologies at FIRA, the World Ag Robotics Forum, praising the industry's growing focus on small-stakeholder farms.
25 June 2023
In an interview with Tarımca, Orbiba Robotics CEO İlker Bektaş explains how AI-enabled robots can support weed management and field observation in organic agriculture.
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31 July 2026
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VegMech Technology Catalogue has added Ecominos to its international agricultural robotics directory, presenting the platform's autonomous operation, modular tools, field performance and roadmap for growers.
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30 July 2026
S2 Xpeed published a founder interview with Orbiba Robotics on why weed control is still one of farming's hardest jobs, how a single autonomous platform can carry many tools, and how field data becomes a decision a grower can act on.
S2 Xpeed
Read story29 June 2026
Orbiba Robotics is inviting 30 farmers to help validate Ecominos through a nine-month programme under real production conditions.
GıdaTarım
Read story30 January 2026
EIT Food named Orbiba Robotics founder İlker Bektaş a Tech Pioneer among seven European agrifood innovators recognized for market-ready innovation with Ecominos.
EIT Food
Read story14 October 2025
Orbiba Robotics was selected as the jury's first-place venture at the Teknopark Ankara 2025 Acceleration Programme Demo Day, where 14 startups presented their solutions.
Anadolu Ajansı
Read story14 September 2025
Ekonomist's smart-farming feature covers Orbiba Robotics' modular weed robot and its production target through the second quarter of 2026.
Ekonomist
Read story13 August 2025
StartUs Insights identifies Orbiba Robotics among notable ventures building modular autonomous robots for small and mid-sized farms.
StartUs Insights
Read story23 July 2025
According to Tarımca, CEO İlker Bektaş represented Orbiba Robotics at the Interstellar Technology Awards 2024, bringing Türkiye's agricultural deep-tech perspective to an international audience.
Tarımca
Read story27 March 2025
Future Farming's Ecominos catalogue profile brings together a 110 kg electric platform, 6-8 hours of operation, rated output of 0.6 hectares per hour and multi-sensor navigation.
Future Farming
Read story27 March 2025
Future Farming profiled the Ecominos shown at World FIRA as a lightweight, electric and modular field robot developed around the needs of small and mid-sized organic growers.
Future Farming
Read story27 March 2025
AgriTech Insights examines Ecominos through its beta price, historical sales and pre-orders, and the distribution and service needs of family farms.
AgriTech Insights
Read story27 March 2025
Orbiba Robotics positions autonomous field robots around the practical needs of small and mid-sized organic farms. Ecominos combines precision weed management and multiple field tasks on one modular platform.
RobotToday
Read story02 March 2025
Ekonomi Gazetesi placed Orbiba Robotics' early CNC robotic farm vehicle concept within the Izmir Agricultural Technology Center ecosystem.
Ekonomi Gazetesi
Read story06 February 2025
Acceptance into NVIDIA Inception gives Orbiba Robotics a broader technical network as it develops edge AI, computer vision and autonomous decision systems for field robots.
Tarımca
Read story06 January 2025
Orbiba Robotics does not rely on a single funding route. Its published support portfolio combines crowdfunding, non-dilutive R&D grants, accelerator programmes and in-kind cloud-service credits.
30 December 2024
On Radio Sputnik, İlker Bektaş discussed how CERN's structured laser beam could support precise, energy-efficient agricultural robots.
Anlatılanın Ötesi
Read story17 December 2024
As the first agricultural technology venture admitted to CERN Venture Connect, Orbiba Robotics is beginning an SLB technology-transfer pathway.
İhlas Haber Ajansı
Read story17 December 2024
Orbiba Robotics' path into CERN Venture Connect is more than a licensing milestone: it shows how agricultural R&D developed at YTU Innovation Hub can connect with an international technology-transfer network.
YTÜ Yıldız Teknopark
Read story10 December 2024
At its Business Applications Space Solutions webinar on space-enabled agricultural robotics, ESA presented Orbiba Robotics as company No. 08 in a ten-company global investment landscape overview.
ESA Business Applications
Read story11 October 2024
Orbiba Robotics received an Excellence Award at Global AgriInno Challenge 2024 for its OrbBite solution. It was one of ten youth-led innovations selected from 202 applications across 40 countries.
Hasat Türk
Read story15 August 2024
Orbiba Robotics' first agricultural robot sale moved Ecominos from prototype development into paid-user field learning. Feedback from ten pioneer farmers now informs the platform's next iterations.
Tarımca
Read story08 August 2024
International industry coverage relayed by Tarımca Dergisi brings Orbiba Robotics' accessibility-led approach into global media, data and investment discussions around farm robotics.
Tarımca
Read story24 July 2024
AgFunder News' 2024 review shows that interest in farm automation persisted through a tougher funding market, with Orbiba Robotics included among the sector's seed-stage companies.
AgFunderNews
Read story22 March 2024
Orbiba Robotics was one of 17 ventures selected for the EU-funded S3E Charge 2024 programme, bringing its agricultural robotics mission into a wider European deep-tech network.
S3E
Read story06 March 2024
The Robot Report included Orbiba Robotics in its January 2024 review of $578 million in funding announced across the robotics industry.
The Robot Report
Read story21 January 2024
Through an equity crowdfunding campaign on Fonlabüyüsün, Orbiba Robotics opened its agricultural robotics R&D story to a broad investor community and later exceeded its initial target.
Tarımca
Read story19 September 2023
Innov8.ag founder Steve Mantle highlighted Orbiba Robotics alongside Carbon Robotics and Naïo Technologies at FIRA, the World Ag Robotics Forum, praising the industry's growing focus on small-stakeholder farms.
25 June 2023
In an interview with Tarımca, Orbiba Robotics CEO İlker Bektaş explains how AI-enabled robots can support weed management and field observation in organic agriculture.
Tarımca
Read story
