Company
Antobot
Chelmsford-based agricultural robotics startup developing AI-driven autonomous robotics and robot control units (brains) for sustainable agriculture.
- HQ
- Chelmsford, UK
- Status
- active
Overview
Chelmsford-based agricultural robotics startup developing AI-driven autonomous robotics and robot control units (brains) for sustainable agriculture. Founded by Dr Howard Wu (CEO) and Dr Ke Lu (CTO), Antobot received GBP1.5M in funding from DEFRA and Innovate UK for developing affordable robotics solutions for the farming industry.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
Focus
Sustainable agriculture
Technology
AI-driven autonomous robotics and robot control units
HQ
Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
Scale
Operates a Shanghai subsidiary
CEO
Dr Howard Wu
CTO
Dr Ke Lu
Funding
GBP1.5M (DEFRA, Innovate UK)
Products
AI-driven autonomous agriculture robots, robot control units
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Current leadership (1)
- Howard Wu CEO & Co-Founderreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Howard Wucofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Antobot.
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
Antobot in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Sources (1)
- verification source · https://www.antobot.ai/
Common questions
- What is Antobot?
- Chelmsford-based agricultural robotics startup developing AI-driven autonomous robotics and robot control units (brains) for sustainable agriculture. Founded by Dr Howard Wu (CEO) and Dr Ke Lu (CTO), Antobot received GBP1.5M in funding from DEFRA and Innovate UK for developing affordable robotics solutions for the farming industry.
- What does Antobot make?
- Antobot has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Antobot builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them.
- Is Antobot publicly traded?
- Antobot is not independently listed on public markets; it is part of Operates a Shanghai on the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Antobot headquartered?
- Antobot is headquartered in Chelmsford, UK.
- Is Antobot a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Antobot ranks in roughly the top 86% of companies tracked by the registry.
- Is Antobot safe?
- Antobot 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 Antobot.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Antobot from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/antobot.md
- RSS feed: /companies/antobot/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/029ead87-d24e-4e71-95ef-ec16645b3fa6
- Revision history: /companies/antobot/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Antobot against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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