H2L Robotics in the press:
coverage from around the world

Euronews covered H2L's tulip disease-detection robots operating across Dutch flower fields — documenting the technology, the farmers using it, and what the machine can do that humans increasingly cannot. The piece includes direct quotes from H2L's Erik de Jong and from farmers and retired field scouts.

"The knowledge comes from tulip farmers. So we use the knowledge of the tulip farmers, we combine it into an AI model." — Erik de Jong, H2L Robotics

"It is expensive, but there are less and less people who can really see the sick tulips." — Farmer Allan Visser

"It's fantastic. It sees just as much as I see." — Theo van der Voort, retired field scout with 52 years' experience, after whom H2L's robot is named

The article notes that 45 H2L robots were operating in Dutch tulip fields at the time of publication, working weekdays, weekends, and nights. The robot identifies the Tulip Breaking Virus by detecting red stripe symptoms on infected leaves, then pinpoints GPS coordinates of diseased plants for manual removal.

DutchNews.nl — one of the Netherlands' leading English-language news publications — covered H2L's disease-detection robots operating in Dutch bulb fields. The piece explains how the technology works, why viral disease is economically significant for Dutch flower farmers, and how autonomous robotics is filling a gap left by an ageing and declining workforce of human field scouts.

IoT World Today profiled H2L's AI and autonomous navigation technology in the context of its tulip disease detection application. The article covers the camera systems, the AI model architecture, and how the data pipeline from field image to disease flag works — providing a more technical perspective than mainstream media coverage. It contextualises H2L's work within the broader trend of AI-powered precision agriculture.

Future Farming — a leading international agricultural technology publication — covered the commercial launch of H2L's POTECTOR300. The article details the machine's specifications: a four-row configuration, wheel-based field locomotion, 3 km/h operating speed, and AI capability to detect Y-virus, Leafroll, and Erwinia (bacterial disease) in potato plants. The piece documents H2L's plans to deploy eight units in the field.

Future Farming reported H2L Robotics' distribution partnership with Kverneland, one of the world's leading agricultural machinery manufacturers. The partnership means the POTECTOR300 is now distributed through Kverneland's established dealer network across Europe, significantly expanding market reach for the autonomous potato disease detection machine.

AgriTech Insights published an in-depth look at H2L's precision disease management approach for potato farming. The article documents how the POTECTOR300 uses AI algorithms to detect viral disease, the chalk-spray marking system that flags infected plants for manual removal, and the operational economics for potato growers. This is one of the most technically detailed third-party analyses of H2L's potato disease system.

AgInsights published a company profile covering H2L Robotics' background, founding story, business model, and evolution from tulip disease detection to the potato market. The piece provides context on H2L's positioning in the agricultural robotics competitive landscape and documents the company's strategic expansion from flower crops to the larger and more commercially complex potato sector.