Flo Mobility, 2021 to 2024
Agricultural Spraying Robot
An electric, remote-controlled boom sprayer that sprays crops evenly and covers large fields on one battery.
My role
Product Owner at Flo Mobility. My team built the driving system behind Flo's agricultural robots.
What it does
- Sprays a wide strip of crop in one pass from a 10 metre boom.
- Runs on electricity, quietly and without fumes in the field.
- Is driven by remote control, keeping the operator away from the spray.
Who it was for
Farmers and farm service providers who want even, measured spraying over large areas with less exposure to chemicals.
Key specs
| Run time | 6 hours |
|---|---|
| Battery | 100 Ah (24 V, LFP) |
| Charging time | 5.5 hours |
| Spraying area | 30 to 50 acres per battery cycle |
| Speed | 4 km/h |
| Tank | 300 litres |
| Water filling time | 8 minutes |
| Discharge | 50 to 60 litres per acre |
| Droplet size | 80 microns |
| Mode | Remote controlled |
| Weight at full load | 700 kg |
| Size (L x H x W) | 2.2 m x 2.2 m x 2.4 m |
| Boom | 10 m, 0.5 m nozzle spacing, height 0 to 1.7 m |
| Ground clearance | 1.5 m effective |
Values as published on the archived product page.
How it works
- A battery-electric vehicle carries a 300 litre tank and a pump feeding the boom.
- Nozzles spaced every half metre along the boom spread a fine, even spray across the crop.
- High ground clearance lets it drive over standing crops, and the boom height adjusts to the crop.
Pictures and video
Source: archived flomobility.com page, 28 February 2024; image from the February 2024 capture.