Company
Agerris
Australian agricultural field-robotics company spun out of the University of Sydney's Australian Centre for Field Robotics.
- Founded
- 2019
- HQ
- Sydney, Australia
- Status
- active
Overview
Australian agricultural field-robotics company spun out of the University of Sydney's Australian Centre for Field Robotics. Founded by Professor Salah Sukkarieh, Agerris develops autonomous robotic platforms and AI systems for smart farming, including tractor-sized field robots for crop monitoring, weed management, and precision agriculture. The company raised .5M in funding from Uniseed, Carthona Capital, and BridgeLane Group.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
HQ
Sydney, Australia
Founded
2019
Focus
Agricultural field robotics
Origin
Spun out of University of Sydney Australian Centre for Field Robotics
Robot
Built the autonomous Digital Farmhand and SwagBot ground robots
Status
Ceased operations around 2021-2022
CEO
Prof. Salah Sukkarieh
Total funding
.5M
Investors
Uniseed, Carthona Capital, BridgeLane Group
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Current leadership (1)
- Salah Sukkarieh CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Salah Sukkariehcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Agerris.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Agerris in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- wound_down
- Counterparty risk class
- high
- Going concern
- flaggedWOUND DOWN: Australian ag-robotics startup (University of Sydney ACFR spinout) raised AUD 6.5M in 2019 (Uniseed, BridgeLane, Carthona Capital) but CEASED OPERATIONS around late 2021-2022 with no further activity; IP/robot design carried into successor efforts. Treat as wound down.
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Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Agerris?
- Australian agricultural field-robotics company spun out of the University of Sydney's Australian Centre for Field Robotics. Founded by Professor Salah Sukkarieh, Agerris develops autonomous robotic platforms and AI systems for smart farming, including tractor-sized field robots for crop monitoring, weed management, and precision agriculture. The company raised .5M in funding from Uniseed, Carthona Capital, and BridgeLane Group.
- What does Agerris make?
- Agerris has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Agerris builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them.
- Where is Agerris headquartered?
- Agerris is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
- Is Agerris a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Agerris ranks in roughly the top 43% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Agerris founded?
- Agerris was founded in 2019.
- Is Agerris safe?
- Agerris has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-02
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-02
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Agerris.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Agerris from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Agerris closed, but its autonomous field robot gets a new start - Future Farming
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Agerris weeding robot fleet growing rapidly - Future Farming
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Robotics revolution rolling out across Australia - Farm Online
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How agtech robotics venture Agerris is using AI to automate farming - Startup Daily
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Agerris farm robots getting ready for commercialisation - Future Farming
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Australian farm robots to assist aging workforce - Future Farming
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$6.5 million investment for robotics startup - The University of Sydney
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Agerris Raises $6.5M for its Ag Tech Robotics and AI Platform - The Spoon.tech
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Agerris raises $6.5m for smart farming robots - AFR
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Agtech Agerris raises $6.5 million in seed funding to set robots to work on Australia’s farms - SmartCompany
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Autonomous field robotics start-up secures .5m in funding
Agerris raised .5M from Uniseed, Carthona Capital, and BridgeLane Group for its autonomous agricultural field robots.
Agerris raises .5m for smart farming robots
AFR covers Agerris' .5M raise for tractor-sized intelligent farming robots spun out of University of Sydney.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/agerris.md
- RSS feed: /companies/agerris/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/1406e6c0-4e01-4d39-9c47-66299101bcc3
- Revision history: /companies/agerris/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
With the Digital Farmhand individual weeds and crops are precisely targeted with intelligent mechanical tools, reducing the need for chemicals.
Agerris designed the Digital Farmhand to work on all farm sizes and configurations - at any time of the day.
The Digital Farmhand now has a fully customisable online dashboard that reports on real time crop intelligence data. Using machine learning, it enables farmers
Salah Sukkarieh, CEO of Agerris, presenting at AdvanceAg2020. Visit www.pir.sa.gov.au/primary_industry/agtech for information on the next AdvanceAg showcase and
We are a field robotics company working closely with farmers and the agricultural community in building the next generation on-farm ag robots and AI tools. Our
Check out weeding the Digital Farmhand way! No chemicals used, weeds targeted with surgical precision, and minimal soil disturbance.
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Agerris against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 14, 2026