# Antobot: robotics company

Canonical ID: `029ead87-d24e-4e71-95ef-ec16645b3fa6`

## 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

- **Slug:** antobot
- **Status:** active
- **HQ:** Chelmsford, UK

## Models

_No models registered._

## Current leadership (1)

- [Howard Wu](/people/howard-wu.md) CEO & Co-Founder (_reported, not verified_)

## Founders (1)

- [Howard Wu](/people/howard-wu.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._

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## 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.

### How can I invest in Antobot?

Antobot has no separately traded stock; it is owned by Operates a Shanghai (the parent is the entity that trades, where it is public).

### Where is Antobot headquartered?

Antobot is headquartered in Chelmsford, UK.

### Who owns Antobot?

Antobot is owned by Operates a Shanghai, per the DEPLOY registry.

### 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.


## Sources (1)

1. **verification source** · https://www.antobot.ai/

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