In Egypt, AgriCan’s robots make farming smarter, one field at a time

Where once workers would toil under the heavy heat, sleek, wheeled robots glide silently between rows of strawberry plants on Abdel Rahman Abdel Karim’s farm in Egypt’s Nile Delta. Mechanical arm rise and swivel, releasing a fine mist of chemicals with pinpoint accuracy onto the leaves below. 

In 2023, when Abdel Karim was battling a severe infestation of powdery mildew and needed an…