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FarmSelf-driving orchard machines

Bonsai autonomy and Amiga robots

by Bonsai Robotics

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

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Stage 4 of 5

Paying customers

Which rule placed it
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.

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.

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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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. 3

    Pilot

    Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.

  4. 2

    Pre-orders

    Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.

  5. 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.