The Stout Smart Cultivator is a weeding robot by Stout Industrial Technology, priced at $150K-$250K. It is commercially available and deployed on farms worldwide. Compatible crops include lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage. It delivers up to 50% labor cost reduction.
Stout Smart Cultivator
The Stout Smart Cultivator is an AI-driven mechanical weeding implement that attaches to a standard tractor and uses computer vision to guide high-speed rotary cultivation tools precisely between and within crop rows. Unlike autonomous robots, the Stout system works with the tractor the farmer already owns, reducing capital cost and making adoption straightforward. Vision cameras scan ahead of the cultivation tools at 30 frames per second, adjusting tool positioning in real time to avoid crop plants while aggressively removing weeds. The system is particularly well established in lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, and other brassica crops in California's Salinas Valley, where labour for hand-weeding is both expensive and unreliable. Stout offers the cultivator on a lease-to-own basis as well as outright purchase.
Stout Smart Cultivator Specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Crops | Row vegetables, brassicas |
| Method | Mechanical cultivation |
| Region | Commercially proven in California |
| Vision | 30 fps camera-guided cultivation |
| Platform | Tractor-mounted implement |
| Price Range | $150,000 - $250,000 |
| Deployment Status | commercial |
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Stout Industrial Technology
Salinas, CA
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