The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies LYRO Robotics: 1 model, 2 deployments across 2 regions, $4.5M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryAgricultural robots
Overview
LYRO Robotics is a Brisbane-based developer of intelligent pick-and-pack robots for fresh produce and variable products. Its proprietary Variability Intelligence combines machine vision, machine learning, and production data to automate packing operations conventional systems cannot handle. Founded by 2017 Amazon Robotics Challenge winners, deployed at Marto Farms and integrated with KUKA robots.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Fundingsee investors →
Use case
Data & sources
News coverage
1
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Models (1)
View all models →LYRO Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where LYRO Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full LYRO Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Nicole Robinson Co-founder and CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Nicole Robinsonno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for LYRO Robotics.
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- LYRO Robotics2 deployments
Recent coverage
LYRO Robotics in third-party press
Peers
144 peers across 1 segment. Every LYRO Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
service(144)
113 companies in this segment · competitive (HHI 831.3520919269878) · leader Bond at 1957%
- 1X Technologiesdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- A&K Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aescapedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Allen Control Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amazondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Amity Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $4.5M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
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.
Funding rounds (3)
LYRO Robotics’s 3 disclosed rounds, $5M in total, oldest to newest.
- Funding
$2M(reported)
- Funding
$2M(reported)
- Funding
$2M(reported)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
LYRO Pick & Pack Robot at Australia, Oceania
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
LYRO Pick & Pack Robot at United States (multiple hotel chains)
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
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Methodology surface for LYRO Robotics.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- AgriPass2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning LYRO Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/lyro-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/lyro-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/9de3b1a4-beed-43e8-a61c-33e7c150d975
- Revision history: /companies/lyro-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- AgriPass2 models
Video
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Latest commercial deployment of our robotic packer in Queensland, Australia.
Discover how Brisbane-based Lyro is transforming the agricultural packaging industry with their cutting-edge pick and place robots. Learn about their innovative
Dr. Nicole Robinson - Co-Founder - LYRO Robotics - Australia APPLY FOR COHORT 4: gogrow.co/the-grow-accelerator On 10 November 2022, the latest graduates of t
Robotics Café #13 - Dr. Juxi Leitner, Amazon Robotics, Germany. Academic research and industrial robotics are solving the same problem. Just not in the same w
Watch a conversation with LYRO's leadership team as they unpack their journey from university start-up to global exporter – and how Australian technology is sha
In March, Queensland AI was joined by well-known roboticist Juxi Leitner to talk about some of the work he and the team at Brisbane-based Lyro Robotics are prod
Recent video by Perfekt Studios (https://perfektstudios.com) on an automated picking and packing system.
LYRO Robotics creates robots for post-harvest picking and packing of fruits and vegetables, helping solve agricultural labour shortages whilst simultaneously al
About LYRO Robotics: LYRO has created the brain, eyes, and hands for the next generation of intelligent robots in the agricultural, logistics, and e-commerce se
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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
LYRO Robotics draws attention at the 42nd percentile but verifies reality at the 40th percentile among ag robots. Hype Gap +1.9, 26th widest among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. 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: Sep 23, 2026