Our Product: Precise Autonomy
Our initial product, currently in advanced prototype development, is a precision weeding robot which we're preparing for trials in Autumn 2025. It will address immediate farming needs and lay the groundwork for a fully autonomous agricultural future. Discover its key advantages:
Zero-Chemical Precision Weeding
Our initial product is an intelligent, zero-chemical weeding robot. It will deliver immediate value by cutting herbicide use, promoting biodiversity, and enhancing soil health, aiming to reduce your farm's environmental impact whilst reducing economic risk.
Cost Efficiency & Seamless Integration
We aim for operational cost savings by reducing expenses tied to chemical treatments and manual labor. Our robot is designed for easy adoption, to integrate into existing farming practices with minimal disruption.
AI-Driven & Future-Ready
This robot is more than a machine; it's an intelligent, future-ready solution in development. It will gather real-world data from trials, providing valuable experience to accelerate our development of next-generation AI agricultural technologies for a productive farm.
Foundation for Autonomous Farming
While the Precision Weeding Robot is our initial focus, it's the first step in our vision for a comprehensive autonomous farming ecosystem. We are planning the continuous development of a platform of versatile robots to tackle a wider range of agricultural challenges.
Our Core Principles
Sustainable Farming
Our products promote soil health, support biodiversity, and reduce the need for chemical inputs, paving the way for economically viable regenerative agriculture.
AI-Powered Precision
Leveraging advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, our robots autonomously perform tasks with accuracy and efficiency, optimising resources and productivity.
Affordable & Accessible
We are committed to making advanced AgTech available to farms of all sizes through cost-effective equipment, and flexible leasing and sales models, enabling widespread adoption and impact.
Our Vision
Our vision is to provide the tooling and infrastructure to profitably scale up sustainable agricultural practice on all sizes of farm, significantly impacting biodiversity, carbon sequestration, food security, and farmer wellbeing.
We envision a future where technology and nature work together, creating a resilient and productive agricultural ecosystem for generations to come. Our AI robots are designed to make a significant contribution to unlocking this potential by addressing critical global challenges.
Revitalizing Ecosystems & Biodiversity
Our AI-driven robots enable highly precise farming, reducing reliance on harmful herbicides and pesticides. This fosters healthier soils, cleaner waterways, and creates space for biodiversity to flourish; allowing productive farms to also become havens for wildlife and beneficial insects.
Climate Resilience & Food Security
By optimizing resource use - water, nutrients, and energy - our technology helps farms adapt to a changing climate and reduce their carbon footprint. This leads to more resilient food production systems, ensuring global food security in the face of environmental challenges.
Supporting Farmers, Securing Futures
We aim to make sustainable farming not just environmentally sound, but also economically viable and less labor-intensive. Our affordable, intelligent robots empower farmers with data-driven insights and automation, enhancing productivity and profitability for a thriving agricultural sector.
Our Founding Team
A small, dedicated, enthusiastic team; we bring together decades of experience and passion.
Chris Bacon
AI & Software Lead
Full-stack software, AI/ML, scaling. Ex-Google, medical startup.
Dr Rob Bacon
Robotics Lead
Industrial research, automation, robotics. Ex-Arrival, McLaren, Cambridge PhD.
Joe Swainston
Engineering Lead
Software engineering, design, project leadership. Ex-Google.
Articles
Cultivating Change: Our Vision for a Sustainable Agricultural Future
June 2, 2025
Explore our comprehensive vision for transforming agriculture through sustainable practices, AI, and robotics to address environmental and economic challenges.
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Technical Challenges in affordable robotics
June 6, 2025
Engineering and economic hurdles in developing cost-effective robotic solutions for modern agriculture and how we plan to address them.
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