SwarmFarm AutoFill.

SwarmFarm AutoFill is a refill station that lets SwarmBots return when tanks run low, measure and mix products, refill, and go back to work without an operator in the paddock. Region Riverina (23 September 2026) reported that AutoFill won the 2026 Henty Machinery Field Days Machine of the Year on 22 September. Judge Warren Scheetz said it enables SwarmBots to “automatically measure, mix and load multiple products, and resume work without operator intervention.”

The same article says the system launched in October 2025; SwarmFarm had deployed 14 AutoFill systems with commercial customers, with another 30 scheduled for delivery in coming months. Development took more than five years. GRDC support is mentioned. Craig Hargreaves represented SwarmFarm at Henty and said the unit was designed so a farmer does not have to go out to fill the robot.

SwarmFarm’s public homepage is the company site; no dedicated AutoFill product URL was found.

The Australian Cottongrower / Greenmount Press (Wellcamp factory opening coverage) described AutoFill as three parts: a fixed fill tower, a mobile mixing pod (1.2 × 1 × 1.1 m), and SwarmConnect integration. The mixing pod measures seven separate products plus water; each pod has a fuel tank, a Honda GX 470 engine, and a 2-inch self-priming poly pump flowing up to 350 L/min. Multiple robots can share one tower. Those component specs are from that factory-opening article, not from the Henty 2026 award piece.

Image: still missing. No AutoFill-specific official still was opened that clearly shows the refill station rather than a SwarmBot sprayer.

Sources:

• Farm robots refilling themselves — Henty Machine of the Year
• SwarmFarm automated refilling unlocks high-volume spray applications
• SwarmFarm