CategoryAgricultural robots
Overview
Japanese agricultural and Construction equipment; tractors, rice transplanters, and UTVs. Public company (TYO: 6326).
Reality check
Agri Robo Tractor MR Series (company-claimed)
Aug 2026: Unmanned and manned models launch in Japan only in April 2027, with cellular remote monitoring so operators can leave the worksite.
Unmanned first (company-claimed)
Kubota calls the unmanned models the first domestically manufactured tractors capable of unmanned autonomous operation under remote monitoring.
Safety and sensing (company-claimed)
AI cameras and millimeter-wave radar detect people and obstacles for emergency stops; GNSS/RTK mapping follows a perimeter drive.
Work types (company-claimed)
Supports eight major rice and field-crop work types under Japan's automated agricultural machinery safety guideline.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (2)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Kubota has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Accenture1× joint
- 2Agtonomy1× joint1 total
- 3Microsoft1× joint13 total
- 4Microsoft1× joint
- 5NVIDIA1× joint132 total
- 6Tevel Aerobotics1× joint1 total
Most recent
- Kubota x Agtonomy2025-01-01with Agtonomyoperating
- with Accentureoperating
- Tevel Aerobotics x Kubota2021-01-01with Tevel Aeroboticsoperating
- with Microsoftoperating
Kubota on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Yuichi Kitao President and CEOsecondary-verified
Former / Previously (1)
- Gonshiro Kubota Foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Kubota.
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
Kubota in third-party press
Kubota Corporation Makes Additional Investment in French UV Startup UV Boosting to Expand Smart Farming Solutions
Kubota tests UV-C machines as an alternative to crop protection products
Guest article: Physical AI isn’t replacing farmers. It’s critical for keeping them in business
Peers
92 peers across 1 segment. Every Kubota competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
humanoid(92)
68 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 574.5255335898561) · leader Figure AI at 1207%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AI2 Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AIST Humanoid Research Groupdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Acuminodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgiBotdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Agility Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (12)
Registry pages whose text names Kubota.
Companies (5)
Advanced Farm Technologies, FarmX, Bloomfield Robotics, Tevel Aerobotics, Kverneland Group
Robots and products (3)
People (4)
Partnerships
6 total · 5 operating · 1 just announced
Every company Kubota has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Kubota x Agtonomy2025-01-01with Agtonomyoperating
- with Accentureoperating
- Tevel Aerobotics x Kubota2021-01-01with Tevel Aeroboticsoperating
- with Microsoftoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Accenture1× joint
- 2Agtonomy1× joint1 total
- 3Microsoft1× joint13 total
- 4Microsoft1× joint
- 5NVIDIA1× joint132 total
- 6Tevel Aerobotics1× joint1 total
All 6 partnerships
open in the atlas →- technology—just announced
- technology—operating
- technology2025-01-01operating
- Kubota x Accenture (Digital Transformation JV)withAccenturejoint venture2021-08-31operating
- development2021-01-01operating
- Kubota x Microsoft (Digital Transformation)withMicrosofttechnology2020-03-17operating
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired Bloomfield Roboticsfull acquisition2024-09-11
Timeline
Every recorded move in Kubota’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Bloomfield Robotics
2026-08-23Supply: Acquisition — AI vision co-development to Bloomfield Robotics
New supplierNew supplier: Kubota Corporation
2026-08-23Supply: Parent — tractor and equipment manufacturing from Kubota Corporation
PartnershipKubota x Agtonomy
2025-01-01Kubota partnered with Agtonomy (2025) to integrate Agtonomy's autonomous-operations software into Kubota M5N tractors for specialty-crop growers, advancing driver-optional farm automation.
AcquisitionAcquired Bloomfield Robotics
2024-09-11Acquired Bloomfield Robotics (full_acquisition)
PartnershipKubota x Accenture (Digital Transformation JV)
2021-08-31Kubota Corporation formed a strategic partnership with Accenture to accelerate digital transformation addressing global food water and environmental sustainability challenges. The partnership established a joint venture company to leverage data and cutting-edge digital technologies for sustainable agriculture solutions.
PartnershipTevel Aerobotics x Kubota
2021-01-01Kubota invested about $20M in Tevel Aerobotics and partners with it to develop and commercialize flying autonomous fruit-picking robots, bringing Tevel's harvesting technology toward Kubota's global agricultural-equipment customers.
PartnershipKubota x Microsoft (Digital Transformation)
2020-03-17Kubota Corporation formed a multi-year strategic alliance with Microsoft to accelerate its digital transformation by migrating IT infrastructure and SAP mission-critical systems onto Microsoft Azure. The partnership includes an AI Machine Learning Lab to develop AI solutions for agricultural and industrial equipment.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Kubota.Peer companies
- DJI9 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Tevel Aerobotics3 models
- Antobot2 models
- FarmRobo Technologies2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Kubota from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Kubota Corporation Makes Additional Investment in French UV Startup UV Boosting to Expand Smart Farming Solutions
Kubota tests UV-C machines as an alternative to crop protection products
Guest article: Physical AI isn’t replacing farmers. It’s critical for keeping them in business
Norwegian Kilter secures €6.5 million to expand autonomous weeding technology globally - ArcticStartup
Kubota introduces more tech at CES
Norway’s Kilter secures €6.5 million to scale autonomous precision weeding technology; prepares for Series B
Kubota leads €6.5 million funding round in ultra-precise spot spraying robot developer Kilter
Kilter AS Secures €6.5M Pre-Series B Round Led by Kubota Corporation
Kubota invests €6.5 million in ultra-precise AI spraying startup Kilter
Agro-Autonomy - Physical AI Is Making it Possible
Kubota Unveils Robot Tractor KVPR to Replace Multiple Machines
Transformers get real: Kubota brings electric tractor concept to CES [video]
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/kubota.md
- RSS feed: /companies/kubota/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/125980be-bebc-4b70-a53c-ff0ff4774fea
- Revision history: /companies/kubota/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- DJI9 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Tevel Aerobotics3 models
- Antobot2 models
- FarmRobo Technologies2 models
Video
Smarter solutions are shaping the next chapter of agriculture. At CES 2026, Kubota highlighted user-centric equipment designed to meet today’s productivity demands while keeping the human experience at the center.Learn
University of Tokyo and Kubota Develop Drone Potato Yield Prediction Method #fyp #agritech #tokyotech #kubota #dronetech #yieldprediction #farming The Univers
Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Kubota draws attention at the 88th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among ag robots.
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: Nov 4, 2026