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Iron Ox robotic greenhouse

Name: Iron Ox robotic greenhouse
Brand: Iron Ox

Iron Ox grew leafy greens and herbs indoors in water-based (hydroponic) trays, using a 1,000-pound mobile robot to move the trays and a robot arm with cameras to check and move plants. TechCrunch, 3 Oct 2018

Stage 4 of 5

Paying customers

Which rule placed it

Evidence: Company-reported only
Human help: Not disclosed
Last milestone: 3 Nov 2022

01Can I get it?

Yes, in places

Where it works today: Not stated in our sources.
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.

3 Nov 2022
Setback
Iron Ox cut 50 jobs, nearly half its staff, to focus on its core engineering work and stretch its cash.
TechCrunch, 3 Nov 2022
2 Nov 2021
Update
Iron Ox launched a new mobile robot, Grover, and had broken ground on a 535,000-square-foot indoor farm in Texas.
TechCrunch, 2 Nov 2021Company-reported
23 Sept 2021
Funding
Iron Ox raised $53 million, led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures, bringing its total to $98 million.
TechCrunch, 23 Sept 2021Company-reported
9 Sept 2020
Paying customers · sets the stage
Iron Ox added a farm in Gilroy, California, and was selling to stores including Whole Foods and Bianchini's Market.
TechCrunch, 9 Sept 2020Company-reported
3 Oct 2018
Production
Iron Ox opened its first fully autonomous farm in California, growing greens such as romaine, butterhead and kale.
TechCrunch, 3 Oct 2018Company-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.

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.

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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.
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Paying customersThis robot
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
Placed by: Iron Ox added a farm in Gilroy, California, and was selling to stores including Whole Foods and Bianchini's Market (9 Sept 2020).
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. We could not confirm Iron Ox's status after 2022. Our web search ran out before we could check reports that it shut down; its website still shows only old launch news. Treat as unconfirmed.

Sources

Cite this page

Robotics Verdict. “Iron Ox robotic greenhouse (Iron Ox): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/iron-ox. Checked 19 October 2026.