
Ullmanna provides an AI-powered robotic weeding solution called NEWMAN, designed to revolutionize in-row weeding in agriculture. This technology combines advanced AI, machine vision, and agricultural expertise to offer a fast, efficient, and reliable method for weed control, reducing labor costs by up to 90% and eliminating the need for herbicides. The system is versatile, capable of working on nearly all crops and weeds, with adaptability to learn new crops within hours. Ullmanna's solution is built for real-life farming, offering a scalable platform that can be integrated into existing machinery or used as a standalone solution. They emphasize a unique approach of detecting plant roots rather than leaves, making them resistant to wind and sunlight variations, and can operate from the earliest stages of crop growth. The company has received multiple awards and recognition for its innovation in AgTech, indicating strong market validation and traction.

Ullmanna provides an AI-powered robotic weeding solution called NEWMAN, designed to revolutionize in-row weeding in agriculture. This technology combines advanced AI, machine vision, and agricultural expertise to offer a fast, efficient, and reliable method for weed control, reducing labor costs by up to 90% and eliminating the need for herbicides. The system is versatile, capable of working on nearly all crops and weeds, with adaptability to learn new crops within hours. Ullmanna's solution is built for real-life farming, offering a scalable platform that can be integrated into existing machinery or used as a standalone solution. They emphasize a unique approach of detecting plant roots rather than leaves, making them resistant to wind and sunlight variations, and can operate from the earliest stages of crop growth. The company has received multiple awards and recognition for its innovation in AgTech, indicating strong market validation and traction.
Product: AROW box / Newman AI — AI-powered robotic in-row and inter-row weeding (detects roots)
Impact: Aims to reduce weeding costs by up to 90% and eliminate herbicide use
Locations: Headquartered in Opava, Czechia; R&D centre in Brno; presence in Austria (Raggendorf)
Team size: ~9 employees (public profile)
Recent funding: Pre-Seed round closed Jan 2023; reported total funding ~1,980,000 USD
Agriculture — automated weed control / precision weeding (in-row and between-rows)
2019
AgTech / Agricultural Robotics
Pre-Seed round closed Jan 2023 (public profiles)
“Grants and support from EIT Food, MassChallenge Switzerland, VentureOut, Wageningen University and CzechInvest reported”