# Agerris: robotics company

Canonical ID: `1406e6c0-4e01-4d39-9c47-66299101bcc3`

## 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

- **Slug:** agerris
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 2019
- **HQ:** Sydney, Australia

## Models

_No models registered._

## Current leadership (1)

- [Salah Sukkarieh](/people/salah-sukkarieh.md) CEO (_reported, not verified_)

## Founders (1)

- [Salah Sukkarieh](/people/salah-sukkarieh.md) (cofounder)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## 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.


## Sources (1)

1. https://www.futurefarming.com/tech-in-focus/field-robots/agerris-closed-but-its-autonomous-field-robot-gets-a-new-start/

_API: GET /v1/companies/1406e6c0-4e01-4d39-9c47-66299101bcc3 · canonical URL: /companies/agerris_