Section20 robots tracked
Farm robots
Robots that weed, pick, milk and drive tractors on their own. Which are working on real farms, how many, and what growers say they cost.
18 of 20 have paying customers or regulator clearance. The rest are pilots, pre-orders or demos.
01How far each has got
From demo to everyday
Each robot sits on the same five-step ladder, worked out from dated, sourced milestones. A stage says how far it has got, not how good it is.
- 1Demo only
- None yet
- 2Pre-orders
- None yet
- 3Pilot
- 4Paying customers
- ARAEcorobotix
- Autonomous 8R / 9R tractors and autonomy kitsJohn Deere
- Bonsai autonomy and Amiga robotsBonsai Robotics
- BurroBurro (formerly Augean Robotics)
- DJI FlyCartDJI
- ElementAigen
- Flying Autonomous RobotsTevel Aerobotics Technologies
- Fruit-picking robotsDogtooth, Tevel, FFRobotics, Agrobot, Oishii (Tortuga)
- Iron Ox robotic greenhouseIron Ox
- LaserWeederCarbon Robotics
- Monarch MK-VMonarch Tractor (Zimeno Inc.)
- Oz, Ted, Jo and Orio weeding robotsNaïo Technologies
- Strawberry and apple harvesting robotsAdvanced Farm Technologies (assets bought by CNH in 2025)
- SwarmBotSwarmFarm Robotics
- Tortuga harvesting robotsTortuga AgTech (now owned by Oishii)
- VulcanFarmWise (owned by Taylor Farms since 2025)
- 5Regulator-cleared or mass market
02Every robot
The full list
Furthest along first. Open any robot for its track record, the maker's promises and every source.
- Farm spraying dronesDJI, Hylio, XAG · Crop-spraying dronesWidely used on US farms, but since December 2025 new foreign-made models, including DJI's, cannot get US approval.
- Milking robotsLely, DeLaval · Robotic cow milkingOn sale to dairy farms worldwide. In the US, robots produced 6 percent of the milk in 2021.
- ARAEcorobotix · Plant-by-plant crop sprayerOn sale in more than 20 countries across Europe, North and South America, and Oceania.
- Autonomous 8R / 9R tractors and autonomy kitsJohn Deere · Driverless farm tractorAutonomous tillage (working the soil) on corn and soybean fields in the US Midwest.
- Bonsai autonomy and Amiga robotsBonsai Robotics · Self-driving orchard machinesAlmond, citrus and pistachio farms in California and Australia.
- BurroBurro (formerly Augean Robotics) · Self-driving farm cartMostly US farms and nurseries, plus some customers in Australia and New Zealand.
- DJI FlyCartDJI · Cargo delivery droneSold in China since August 2023 and worldwide since January 2024. In the US, new DJI models cannot get the approval needed for sale since December 2025.
- ElementAigen · Solar-powered weeding robotWorking in sugar beet fields in Minnesota and North Dakota and cotton in California; Aigen says it has built more than 100 robots.
- Flying Autonomous RobotsTevel Aerobotics Technologies · Flying fruit-picking robotsTevel names growers it works with in Italy, the US (California) and Chile.
- Fruit-picking robotsDogtooth, Tevel, FFRobotics, Agrobot, Oishii (Tortuga) · Robot fruit harvestersSmall fleets on some strawberry farms, for example 16 Dogtooth robots at a Tasmanian berry farm in 2023.
- Iron Ox robotic greenhouseIron Ox · Robotic indoor farmIron Ox cut 50 jobs, nearly half its staff, to focus on its core engineering work and stretch its cash.
- LaserWeederCarbon Robotics · Laser weeding machineCarbon says LaserWeeders work on hundreds of farms in 15 countries.
- Monarch MK-VMonarch Tractor (Zimeno Inc.) · Electric driver-optional tractorTechCrunch reported, citing US patent office filings, that Caterpillar acquired Monarch's assets after Monarch handed its affairs over for the benefit of its creditors (a way of winding up a company outside bankruptcy court).
- Oz, Ted, Jo and Orio weeding robotsNaïo Technologies · Autonomous weeding robotsNaïo says it has partners selling and servicing its robots in more than 20 countries.
- Strawberry and apple harvesting robotsAdvanced Farm Technologies (assets bought by CNH in 2025) · Fruit-picking robotNo longer run by Advanced Farm. CNH, which bought the technology in 2025, plans to keep developing it for sale, according to The Robot Report's sources.
- SwarmBotSwarmFarm Robotics · Driverless farm robot platformOn farms around Australia, in grain cropping and horticulture; the company says 200 have been deployed.
- Tortuga harvesting robotsTortuga AgTech (now owned by Oishii) · Strawberry-picking robotInside Oishii's own indoor strawberry farms; Tortuga said it would focus on fitting its technology into them.
- VulcanFarmWise (owned by Taylor Farms since 2025) · Tractor-pulled AI weederSold to vegetable growers through the dealer RDO Equipment from 2024; the salad grower Taylor Farms took over the business in 2025.
- Agrobot strawberry harvesterAgrobot · Strawberry-picking robotFuture Farming reported Agrobot robots harvesting strawberries in California, on a machine with 30 robot arms.
- Tom crop-scanning robotSmall Robot Company · Crop-scanning field robotNowhere: the company stopped trading and liquidators were appointed in February 2024.
