A G R O N E X I S

R&D & Prototyping

Engineering services

Build it once, properly

Design and prototyping services for research institutes, university departments and small-scale projects. The same engineering that produces our own instruments, available on its own.

AgroNexis agricultural robotic arm
Robotic arm design

Robotic arm design

Manipulator design for agricultural tasks — selective weeding, gentle harvesting and targeted spraying, sized for smallholder plots and hilly terrain rather than industrial row-crop scale.

  • Kinematic design and end-effector selection
  • Integration with vision and control
  • Field-hardened for dust, heat and vibration

Computer vision & object identification

Detection and classification models for agricultural scenes — separating crop from weed, identifying ripeness, locating a target precisely enough for a machine to act on it.

  • Object detection and classification
  • Dataset collection, labelling and augmentation
  • Deployment to edge hardware on the machine
Computer vision and object identification
Rover path planning and design

Rover path planning & design

Coverage path planning and platform design for autonomous field rovers: reaching every plant, avoiding obstacles, and minimising turns and wasted travel.

  • Coverage and route optimisation
  • Obstacle detection and avoidance
  • Chassis and drivetrain design for field conditions

3D printing & rapid prototyping

From a sketch or CAD file to a functional part. Prototypes, custom brackets, enclosures and replacement components for agricultural machinery and research rigs.

  • Functional prototypes and custom parts
  • Enclosures and mounting hardware
  • Short-run production for research deployments
3D printing and rapid prototyping
PCB design and electronics

PCB design & electronics

Schematic capture through layout, fabrication and bring-up. The same electronics work that goes into our own instruments, offered as a service.

  • Schematic design and multi-layer layout
  • Prototyping, assembly and testing
  • Firmware bring-up and validation

Carbon fibre fabrication

Lightweight, high-strength components for agricultural machinery — machine covers, structural members, auger and conveyor parts, and soil-engagement tooling.

  • Custom component design and layup
  • Machine covers and structural parts
  • Soil engagement tools and conveyor components

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Carbon fibre fabrication
Working with us

Common questions

Yes. A university department needing one prototype, or a research group needing a single custom board, is normal work for us.

Agreed in writing before work starts. For commissioned design work the default is that the client owns the output; we will say so explicitly in the scope.

Yes. We can start from your files, from a sketch, or from a written description of what the thing needs to do.

Yes. Project consultancy for university projects is a deliberate part of this offer, alongside our internship programme.

It depends entirely on scope. Tell us the deadline you are working to and we will tell you honestly whether it is achievable.

Have a project that needs building?

Send the problem, the constraint and the deadline. We will tell you what is realistic before quoting.