Niqo Robotics showcases it physical AI farming platform in France.

Niqo Robotics, a physical AI company building intelligent agricultural robots for global farms, showcased its India-built physical AI farming platform to Europe at “Bharat Innovates 2026”, the government’s innovation conclave at Nice, France from June 14 to 16.

A media statement said that Niqo’s presence at “Bharat Innovates” in Nice marks the company’s formal entry into the European conversation, where rising labour costs, tightening restrictions on chemical herbicides and pressure to improve sustainability are driving demand for precision automation. France also offers a strong test-bed for the next generation of farm automation, with a farming ecosystem that is both deeply rooted in tradition and increasingly focused on precision, sustainability and productivity.

For Niqo, France is a particularly relevant starting point because of its strong agricultural base, deep farming heritage and central role in Europe’s agritech ecosystem. As one of Europe’s most important agricultural markets, it offers a meaningful entry point for technologies that can help farms improve productivity, reduce input intensity and transition towards more sustainable models, it said.

Real business

The company’s intelligent weeding systems are already commercially deployed in the US and India, with Europe and Australia emerging as the next priority markets for its Physical AI farming platform, it said.

Quoting Jaisimha Rao, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Niqo Robotics, the statement said being selected to represent India at Bharat Innovates, and to do so as the only precision-AI farm robotics company among 120 deep-tech innovators, is a proud moment for the team.

Rao said: “But our story is ultimately a global one. We built Niqo to prove that physical AI can be a real business. We’re arriving in Europe with a platform that already pays for itself for the farmer: no subscriptions, no hidden costs, just a machine that delivers ROI from day one.

“Platforms like Bharat Innovates are important because they give Indian deep-tech companies a credible bridge into global markets. For us, it is a chance to show that India can build physical AI products that are technically advanced, commercially ready and relevant for farmers anywhere in the world. We are looking to bring on the right strategic investors and partners who can help us scale this model across Europe, Australia and other global agricultural markets.”

The statement said Niqo Sense, the company’s proprietary AI camera platform, can be integrated across multiple machine form factors and retrofitted onto existing farm equipment. The platform combines AI at the edge with a dual-tank, twin-nozzle architecture to perform weeding, thinning and beneficial spraying in a single pass, reducing the need for multiple machines and repeated field operations.

The system processes thousands of plant-level decisions per second in real time, entirely on the edge and with zero cloud dependency, delivering more than 99 per cent accuracy even in dense and challenging field conditions, it added.

Published on June 18, 2026