FarmDroid ApS was founded by brothers Jens and Kristian Warming, who aimed to eliminate the costly and labour-intensive hand weeding of their organic sugar beet crops using technology. Their first prototype was built in 2012, and after securing external investment, the FD v1.0 was launched in 2018. That year, they sold 12 units focused on organic sugar beet farming.

In 2019, FarmDroid expanded into Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, selling 38 additional machines. The same year, they showcased their technology at Agritechnica. By spring 2022, over 250 FarmDroid robots were operating across 15 European countries, seeding and weeding more than 30 different crops.

The company’s flagship model, the FD20, is a fully autonomous, solar-powered precision seeding and weeding robot. It is designed to reduce manual labour and support sustainable farming practices by being completely CO₂-neutral.

In March 2022, OPICO Ltd became the official UK importer and distributor of the FarmDroid FD20. Our team of Technical Specialists are fully trained to support all machines throughout their working life and ensures that local support is readily available if required.