Featured development29 June 2026
Orbiba Robotics Opens Its 2026 Beta Robot Farmer Programme
Orbiba Robotics is inviting 30 farmers to help validate Ecominos through a nine-month programme under real production conditions.
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Verified developments from autonomous agricultural robotics, field programmes and Orbiba’s growing deep-tech ecosystem.
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Newest first30 January 2026
Orbiba Robotics Wins EIT Food's Tech Pioneer Award 2025
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
14 October 2025
Orbiba Wins Teknopark Ankara Demo Day 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
14 September 2025
Orbiba Robotics Outlines Its Smart Farming Production Plan
Ekonomist's smart-farming feature covers Orbiba Robotics' modular weed robot and its production target through the second quarter of 2026.
Ekonomist
13 August 2025
StartUs Agritech Report Features Orbiba Robotics
StartUs Insights identifies Orbiba Robotics among notable ventures building modular autonomous robots for small and mid-sized farms.
StartUs Insights
23 July 2025
Orbiba at the Interstellar Technology Awards 2024
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
27 March 2025
Ecominos Technical Field Profile
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
27 March 2025
Ecominos at World FIRA: An Accessible Field Robot
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
27 March 2025
Ecominos Brings Accessible Robotics to Smaller Farms
AgriTech Insights examines Ecominos through its beta price, historical sales and pre-orders, and the distribution and service needs of family farms.
AgriTech Insights
27 March 2025
Accessible Autonomous Robotics for Organic Farms
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
02 March 2025
Orbiba Robotics Joined ITTM's Digital Agriculture Ecosystem
Ekonomi Gazetesi placed Orbiba Robotics' early CNC robotic farm vehicle concept within the Izmir Agricultural Technology Center ecosystem.
Ekonomi Gazetesi
06 February 2025
Orbiba Robotics Joins NVIDIA Inception
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
06 January 2025
How Orbiba Robotics Funds Research and Growth
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
İlker Bektaş Explains CERN Laser Technology for Agriculture
On Radio Sputnik, İlker Bektaş discussed how CERN's structured laser beam could support precise, energy-efficient agricultural robots.
Anlatılanın Ötesi
17 December 2024
Orbiba Robotics Joins CERN Venture Connect
As the first agricultural technology venture admitted to CERN Venture Connect, Orbiba Robotics is beginning an SLB technology-transfer pathway.
İhlas Haber Ajansı
17 December 2024
Orbiba: From YTU Innovation Hub to CERN
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
10 December 2024
European Space Agency Features Orbiba in Agricultural Robotics Investment Landscape
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
11 October 2024
Orbiba Receives Global AgriInno Excellence Award
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
15 August 2024
Orbiba Robotics Completes Its First Robot Sale
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
08 August 2024
Orbiba Robotics in Global Farm Robotics Coverage
International industry coverage relayed by Tarımca Dergisi brings Orbiba Robotics' accessibility-led approach into global media, data and investment discussions around farm robotics.
Tarımca
24 July 2024
Farm Robotics Funding in 2024: Orbiba's Position
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
22 March 2024
Orbiba Robotics Joins S3E Charge 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
06 March 2024
Orbiba Robotics Appears in January 2024 Funding Review
The Robot Report included Orbiba Robotics in its January 2024 review of $578 million in funding announced across the robotics industry.
The Robot Report
21 January 2024
Orbiba Robotics' Equity Crowdfunding Campaign
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
19 September 2023
FIRA Spotlight: Orbiba Named Among Robotics Leaders Serving Small Farms
Innov8.ag founder Steve Mantle highlighted Orbiba Robotics alongside Carbon Robotics and Naïo Technologies at FIRA — World Ag Robotics Forum, praising the industry's growing focus on small-stakeholder farms.
LinkedIn
25 June 2023
İlker Bektaş: Farm Robots Should Work for Growers
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
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29 June 2026
Featured development
Orbiba Robotics Opens Its 2026 Beta Robot Farmer Programme
Orbiba Robotics is inviting 30 farmers to help validate Ecominos through a nine-month programme under real production conditions.
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Newest first
02
30 January 2026
Orbiba Robotics Wins EIT Food's Tech Pioneer Award 2025
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 story03
14 October 2025
Orbiba Wins Teknopark Ankara Demo Day 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 story04
14 September 2025
Orbiba Robotics Outlines Its Smart Farming Production Plan
Ekonomist's smart-farming feature covers Orbiba Robotics' modular weed robot and its production target through the second quarter of 2026.
Ekonomist
Read story05
13 August 2025
StartUs Agritech Report Features Orbiba Robotics
StartUs Insights identifies Orbiba Robotics among notable ventures building modular autonomous robots for small and mid-sized farms.
StartUs Insights
Read story06
23 July 2025
Orbiba at the Interstellar Technology Awards 2024
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 story07
27 March 2025
Ecominos Technical Field Profile
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 story08
27 March 2025
Ecominos at World FIRA: An Accessible Field Robot
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 story09
27 March 2025
Ecominos Brings Accessible Robotics to Smaller Farms
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 story10
27 March 2025
Accessible Autonomous Robotics for Organic Farms
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 story11
02 March 2025
Orbiba Robotics Joined ITTM's Digital Agriculture Ecosystem
Ekonomi Gazetesi placed Orbiba Robotics' early CNC robotic farm vehicle concept within the Izmir Agricultural Technology Center ecosystem.
Ekonomi Gazetesi
Read story12
06 February 2025
Orbiba Robotics Joins NVIDIA Inception
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 story13
06 January 2025
How Orbiba Robotics Funds Research and Growth
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.
14
30 December 2024
İlker Bektaş Explains CERN Laser Technology for Agriculture
On Radio Sputnik, İlker Bektaş discussed how CERN's structured laser beam could support precise, energy-efficient agricultural robots.
Anlatılanın Ötesi
Read story15
17 December 2024
Orbiba Robotics Joins CERN Venture Connect
As the first agricultural technology venture admitted to CERN Venture Connect, Orbiba Robotics is beginning an SLB technology-transfer pathway.
İhlas Haber Ajansı
Read story16
17 December 2024
Orbiba: From YTU Innovation Hub to CERN
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 story17
10 December 2024
European Space Agency Features Orbiba in Agricultural Robotics Investment Landscape
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 story18
11 October 2024
Orbiba Receives Global AgriInno Excellence Award
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 story19
15 August 2024
Orbiba Robotics Completes Its First Robot Sale
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 story20
08 August 2024
Orbiba Robotics in Global Farm Robotics Coverage
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 story21
24 July 2024
Farm Robotics Funding in 2024: Orbiba's Position
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
22 March 2024
Orbiba Robotics Joins S3E Charge 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 story23
06 March 2024
Orbiba Robotics Appears in January 2024 Funding Review
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 story24
21 January 2024
Orbiba Robotics' Equity Crowdfunding Campaign
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 story25
19 September 2023
FIRA Spotlight: Orbiba Named Among Robotics Leaders Serving Small Farms
Innov8.ag founder Steve Mantle highlighted Orbiba Robotics alongside Carbon Robotics and Naïo Technologies at FIRA — World Ag Robotics Forum, praising the industry's growing focus on small-stakeholder farms.
26
25 June 2023
İlker Bektaş: Farm Robots Should Work for Growers
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