Farm
Waitrose's Leckford Estate farm was among the first in the UK to sign up for the robot service.
A dated step forward on the record · Sets Tom crop-scanning robot's stage
What the source says
“Andrew Hoad, partner and head of Waitrose’s Leckford Estate, one of the first UK farms to sign up for SRC’s robotic services”
What it means
Tom crop-scanning robot, from Small Robot Company, is at stage 3 of 5 on our ladder: pilot. This event is one of the milestones that placed it there.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Tom crop-scanning robot
- Farmers Weekly reported that farmers who had invested in the company might not get their money back.
- Small Robot Company shut down after failing to raise the money for its next stage; Kroll was appointed to sell its assets.
- Its lead investor pulled out of a planned funding round, leaving the company without money to keep going.
- The company said its service that season had shown up to 90% savings on weedkiller and 24% on fertiliser.
- The company said it would roll out its robot crop-scanning service to 50 farms the next season, with nearby farms sharing a robot.
- At the end of 2022 the company launched version 4 of Tom, its crop-scouting robot.