The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Small Robot Company: 1 model, 3 deployments across 1 region, $13.2M raised. 1 source back the record.
CategoryAgricultural robots
Overview
Small robot Company is a UK agritech startup developing autonomous farming robots for precision agriculture. Products include Tom (mapping robot), Dick (precision spraying/weeding), and Harry (precision planting). Uses AI-powered crop analysis for per-plant management. Based in Wilton, England.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
CEO
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Deployment
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Products
Technology
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Small Robot Company has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Small Robot Company on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 1 region, newest verified Apr 2021. Explore where Small Robot Company's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Small Robot Company deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Ben Scott-Robinson CEOreported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Small Robot Company.
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)
- Small Robot Company3 deployments
Recent coverage
Small Robot Company in third-party press
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- AgriPass2 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $13.2M
- Employees
- 30
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- wound_down
- Counterparty risk class
- high
- Going concern
- flaggedWOUND DOWN. Entered Creditors Voluntary Liquidation Feb 1, 2024 (Companies House no. 10846464; liquidators Kroll) after lead investor pulled out in 2023 and crowdfunding could not sustain scale; ~50+ staff laid off. Company dissolved Apr 30, 2026. ~GBP 14.2M raised (grants + 6 Crowdcube rounds) lost. Asset/IP buyer not confirmed.
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Partnerships
3 total · 3 operating
Every company Small Robot Company has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
All 3 partnerships
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedApr 29, 2021
Tom at Wimpole Estate
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedApr 29, 2021
Tom at Lockerley Estate
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedDec 10, 2018
Tom at Leckford Estate
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
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Small Robot Company.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- AgriPass2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Small Robot Company from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/small-robot-company.md
- RSS feed: /companies/small-robot-company/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/79993463-bd27-4719-8ae5-1d4b08d6a338
- Revision history: /companies/small-robot-company/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
In March 2018, a British agri-tech start-up became the latest winner of the prestigious Horizontal Innovation Award from the IET and the High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVMC), which will enable the company to develop
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Small Robot Company is on a mission is to help farmers feed the world while regenerating the planet. Their sustainable farming robots Tom, Dick and Harry will d
The world’s first non-chemical weeding robot for cereal crops, made by agri-tech start up Small Robot Company, has successfully identified and killed weeds at a
STEPS Engineers Week 2021 takes place online from Saturday, 27 February – Friday, 5 March and promotes engineering and the importance of the profession to child
During the 2021 Groundswell, the regenerative agriculture show, we caught up with the Small Robot Company to watch one of their models in action, and find out h
In January 2023, we launched our sixth Circularity Gap Report. The report found that to bring human activity back within the safe limits of the planet, we would
A fascinating look at the way agriculture is being transformed by technology today, with the Small Robot Company and Farmer Tom.
Heat Index
Category contender81/100
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
Small Robot Company draws attention at the 50th percentile but verifies reality at the 25th percentile among ag robots. Hype Gap +25, 12th widest among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 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: Oct 3, 2026