FarmSelf-driving orchard machines
Bonsai autonomy and Amiga robots
Bonsai Robotics makes camera-based self-driving systems for farm machines in orchards, which can be added to existing machines or built into new ones. In 2025 it bought farm-ng, maker of the small Amiga farm robot. AgFunderNews, 3 Feb 2025
- Evidence
- Company-reported only
- Human help
- Not disclosed
- Last milestone
- 31 Aug 2026
01Can I get it?
Yes, in places
- Where it works today
- Almond, citrus and pistachio farms in California and Australia. AgNavigator, 7 July 2025
- Published price
- No published price in our sources.
- Human help
- The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
02Track record
What has actually happened
Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.
On sale · sets the stage
Bonsai said it had sold more than 400 units in total.
AgFunderNews, 31 Aug 2026Company-reported
Funding
Bonsai raised a $15 million Series A round led by Bison Ventures.
AgFunderNews, 3 Feb 2025Company-reported
Paying customers · sets the stage
Bonsai said it had put more than 40 units to work in nut orchards in the US and Australia.
AgFunderNews, 3 Feb 2025Company-reported
03Safety and incidents
What has gone wrong
No crashes, recalls or regulator reports in our sources. That is not proof none happened; we add them when a regulator or trusted outlet reports one.
On video
What it looks like, at stage 4
Videos from the maker show the robot at its best. The stage comes from the dated record above, not from what a video shows.
Bonsai Robotics at FIRA 2026
The Bonsai Pilot App
Physical AI Live in the Field: Tyler Niday on TBPN
Tyler Niday Live on TBPN: The Future of Farm Autonomy
Bonsai World
Autonomous Robots Take On Strawberry Farming in Salinas 🍓How we placed it
The rule, not an opinion
Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.
- 5
Regulator-cleared or mass market
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
- 4
Paying customersThis robot
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
Placed by: Bonsai said it had sold more than 400 units in total (31 Aug 2026); Bonsai said it had put more than 40 units to work in nut orchards in the US and Australia (3 Feb 2025).
- 3
Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
- 2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
- 1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.
What we couldn't confirm. The sources did not name Bonsai's customers or its equipment-maker partners, and did not say whether a person supervises the machines while they work.
Sources
- 01AgFunderNews, 3 Feb 2025
- 02AgNavigator, 7 July 2025
- 03AgFunderNews, 31 Aug 2026
- 04AgFunderNews, 24 July 2025
Cite this page
Robotics Verdict. “Bonsai autonomy and Amiga robots (Bonsai Robotics): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/bonsai-robotics. Checked 19 October 2026.
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