Uruguayan planting robot reaches international markets and plans to go into space.

The Uruguayan developer of robots for the food production chain, Seedorina, has ingenious plans for this year and is an illustrative example of what is happening in the national Agrotech scenario.

The company’s CEO, Nicolás Franco, told Uruguay XXI that in 2024, they will begin a beta testing process of their high-precision seeding robots in some fifteen nurseries, horticulturists, and farmers in the US state of California.

Thanks to an agreement they recently signed with IDB Labs, while the company works on redesigning its robots to be more accurate, generate more savings, and provide information, it will also drive the development and adoption of its planting robots for small fresh produce farmers in Uruguay.

“With this funding, we anticipate positive results in reducing productivity gaps and improving the efficient use of inputs such as seeds, water, and fertilizers,” Franco explained.

Seedorina was also selected to join the Nolux Project team dedicated to space agriculture to collaborate with NASA’s Deep Food Space Challenge Phase 3 project. Its mission is to develop innovative food production technologies, for which it plans to create germination chambers for the safe and nutritious sustenance of people on exploration missions through design, engineering, and prototyping.

Seedorina is in the midst of an internationalization process and last year, together with Uruguay XXI, participated in Collision, one of the world’s largest fairs for technology companies held in Toronto.

“Collision 2023 was a great experience personally and for Seedorina, as it opened new doors for us. We were able to present the company to hundreds of participants and contact investment funds and potential business partners,” he said.

With a delegation of more than 35 technology companies, the investment and export promotion agency Uruguay XXI participated in that edition that brought together 40,000 participants from 140 countries, including 1,250 journalists, more than 950 investors, and 2,000 startups. “It was an important platform to connect us with the global technology community,” Franco said.

Seedorina officially opened operations in the United States earlier this year to accompany this growth and the launch of its planting and food production machinery commercialization.

“We officially presented the documentation for the launch in the United States at the beginning of January,” he announced.