Whitepaper

Scaling agricultural automation with a robotics ecosystem approach

Sarah Kuehn

March 2026

10 pages

Scaling agricultural automation with a robotics ecosystem approach

Abstract

This whitepaper illustrates how CLAAS, a global leader in agricultural machinery, dealt with rising challenges within the agricultural machinery sector, including increasing production complexity, persistent labor shortages, and mounting cost pressures. They did so by successfully deploying a scalable automation solution, leveraging a robotics ecosystem approach built around AnyFleet.

What's inside:

How traditional automation approaches fall short in high-mix agricultural manufacturing environments
How CLAAS deployed 30 AMRs across a live production site in under six months — and achieved zero unplanned downtime since go-live
The role of an open robotics ecosystem in enabling safe, scalable automation in mixed-traffic environments
How centralized fleet orchestration manages AMRs, AGVs, and manual vehicles from a single platform
Key lessons for manufacturers ready to move beyond isolated pilots and automate at scale

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