Crover on the September 2025 Issue of Dry Cargo Magazine
Smarter, safer grain storage: Crover shows the way
Cereal grains and oilseeds are the backbone of our global food system and one of the most important commodities in the bulk handling market, with billions of tonnes moved and stored each year. Ensuring their safe storage is essential for both food security and market stability. Yet operators continue to face persistent challenges: spoilage caused by hotspots, moisture build-up, and pests, which put billions of tonnes at risk annually. At the same time, workers' safety remains a critical concern, with entrapment and falls still among the leading causes of accidents in storage facilities and dry bulk cargoes worldwide.
Crover has developed a solution designed to address these challenges head-on. Its robots are the world's first robots capable of moving through bulk grain retrieving samples, and continuously monitoring conditions. Operators gain real-time insight into temperature, moisture, and COâ‚‚ while never having to step onto the grain themselves.
A Step Beyond Traditional Grain Management Practices
Traditional grain management relies on individual checks or a limited number of static probes, providing only partial insight into storage conditions. CROVER changes that. By swimming through the bulk itself, it offers a far more representative picture of the environment, enabling earlier detection of risks and smarter, data-driven storage decisions.
As it moves, the robot stirs and aerates the grain, preventing crusting and bridging while promoting better airflow throughout the bulk.
By addressing physical and environmental issues simultaneously, operators can intervene early, before minor problems escalate.
CROVERPro V2: Enhanced Capabilities
The latest model, CROVERPro V2, brings significant advancements to the grain storage market. Key features include:
- Built-in LiDAR for accurate environmental scanning and precise volumetric information;
- Automatic Software Updates for seamless performance improvements;
- Sleeker design with enhanced performance;
- CE and UKCA certification; and
- Full automation-ready hardware, with AutoCROVER enabling autonomous grain monitoring and sampling, coming soon.
Perhaps most excitingly, CROVERPro V2 is designed for future automation. Once the upcoming
AutoCROVER software is released, operators will be able to run the system fully autonomously, continuously collecting data without manual intervention. This reduces labour demands, increases monitoring frequency, and provides a real-time view of grain health like never before.
"Our technology gives operators the tools to see inside their storage like never before, act before problems escalate, and manage grain smarter every day." said Dr. Lorenzo Conti, Founder & CEO of Crover.
The SavingGrains Platform
All data collected by the CROVER robots is integrated into Crover's cloud-based digital platform, SavingGrains. Operators can view trends, receive real-time alerts, and unlock visibility into grain conditions that was previously impossible. By proving a single source of truth for grain management decisions, SavingGrains helps operators maintain quality, reduce losses, and optimize storage management.
Applications and Market Impact
The CROVER technology has been deployed across a range of grain types and storage environments. Its flexibility and advanced features make it a unique tool for operators facing increasingly complex supply chain pressures.
Most recently, Crover partnered with Control Union, a global expert in inspection and certification services, to integrate robotic monitoring into grain inspection operations. This collaboration highlights CROVER's ability to deliver safer, more efficient, and more representative sampling, enhancing both operational performance and regulatory compliance.
Crover's competitive edge lies in its propriety locomotion technology, which allows the robot to swim through grain and other bulk solids and powders and reach into the bulk, below the surface. When combined with advanced sensing and cloud-based data management, it sets a new benchmark in safety, efficiency, and accuracy; something traditional methods simply cannot match.
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