KRONE Agriculture
About
About KRONE Agriculture
KRONE’s agricultural-machinery operation grew from the family business founded in Spelle in 1906. The division concentrates on forage workflows, supplying mowers, tedders, rakes, balers, forage wagons and self-propelled harvesters. Manufacturing depth, dealers and service infrastructure remain the foundation of the company’s market role.
Since 2017, KRONE and LEMKEN have jointly developed Combined Powers, an autonomous drive unit that can work with smart implements from both manufacturers. Public demonstrations have covered mowing, tedding, raking, soil cultivation, ploughing and seeding, with later versions refining practical operation and implement communication. The programme is material robotics exposure, but it sits inside a much larger conventional equipment portfolio. Korthos therefore keeps farm equipment primary and farm autonomy secondary.
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Stereolabs
Inbound - Perception Sensors - Stereolabs supplies ZED sensing hardware and perception software integrated into KRONE's cabin-less Autonomous Tractor Unit
Source
Timeline
Events
- 2025-09-22 - Demonstration - KRONE and LEMKEN announce VTE 3.0 autonomous field unit
VTE 3.0 pairs an autonomous carrier with intelligent implements for field operations. KRONE planned to demonstrate mowing with the EasyCut F 400 Fold intelligent mower. Integrated laser scanners support environmental perception, while the implement supplies process data to the autonomous carrier.
Source - 2023-11-14 - Deployment - Stereolabs vision integrates across autonomous tractor platforms
Stereolabs documented ZED cameras and its perception platform across CNH Industrial New Holland and Case IH electric tractors. The integrations also covered cabinless autonomous tractor units from LEMKEN and KRONE. ZED stereo depth and perception were used as inputs for navigation and autonomous agricultural operation.
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Relations
Relationships
- KUKA
Documented Deployment - KUKA robots automate material handling at KRONE's GTS factory in Ibbenbüren, where KMP 3000P robots are being tested.
Context
Comparable profiles
- Greenfield Robotics
stack adjacency - Agricultural Robot Oem
- Naïo Technologies
stack adjacency - Agricultural Robot Oem
- E-TERRY
stack adjacency - Agricultural Robot Oem
- LEMKEN
stack adjacency - Agricultural Robot Oem
- Daedong
stack adjacency - Agricultural Robot Oem
- Carbon Robotics
stack adjacency - Agricultural Robot Oem
- Niqo Robotics
stack adjacency - Agricultural Robot Oem
- Tevel
stack adjacency - Agricultural Robot Oem
- HarvestX
stack adjacency - Agricultural Robot Oem
- Fieldwork Robotics
stack adjacency - Agricultural Robot Oem
- Kilter
stack adjacency - Agricultural Robot Oem
- Vitirover
stack adjacency - Agricultural Robot Oem
Shared workflows
- Agtonomy
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Agricultural Platforms
- AgXeed
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Agricultural Platforms
- Aigen
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Agricultural Platforms
- TerraClear
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Agricultural Platforms
- Aurova Robotics
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Agricultural Platforms
- Agreenculture
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Agricultural Platforms
- AIGRO
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Agricultural Platforms
- SITIA
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Agricultural Platforms
Context tags
- Agriculture field operations - Customer Environment - KRONE equipment covers mowing, forage harvesting and crop transport. https://www.krone-agriculture.com/en/products
- Autonomous agricultural platforms - Workflow - Combined Powers VTE 3.0 is an autonomous agricultural carrier and implement system. https://www.krone-agriculture.com/fr/actualites/newsdetail/krone-et-lemken-presentent-ensemble-d…
- Agricultural robot OEM - Stack Layer - KRONE co-develops the Combined Powers autonomous field unit and smart implements. https://www.krone-agriculture.com/fr/actualites/newsdetail/krone-et-lemken-presentent-ensemble-des…