Funding
$5.5M
Models
1
Overview
TRIC Robotics is a San Luis Obispo, California-based agricultural robotics startup deploying tractor-sized autonomous robots for sustainable strawberry farming. The company's Eden/Luna robots use UV-C light to eliminate pests and disease (mites, mildew, mold) at night, offsetting the need for chemical pesticides, and are equipped with bug vacuums. TRIC raised $5.5M in seed funding in 2025 and offers robots-as-a-service so farmers pay no upfront cost, with each robot covering up to 100 acres of farmland.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
Seed funding
Product
Business model
Coverage
Target crop
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Safety record
No incidents on record for TRIC Robotics.
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Recent coverage
TRIC Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- GreenField Robotics2 models
- HG Robotics2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Funding rounds (1)
- Seed2025-01-01
$6M(reported)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2024
Eden Robot at California
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is TRIC Robotics?
- TRIC Robotics is a San Luis Obispo, California-based agricultural robotics startup deploying tractor-sized autonomous robots for sustainable strawberry farming. The company's Eden/Luna robots use UV-C light to eliminate pests and disease (mites, mildew, mold) at night, offsetting the need for chemical pesticides, and are equipped with bug vacuums. TRIC raised $5.5M in seed funding in 2025 and offers robots-as-a-service so farmers pay no upfront cost, with each robot covering up to 100 acres of farmland.
- What does TRIC Robotics make?
- TRIC Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Eden Robot (TRIC Robotics builds physical robots).
- Who competes with TRIC Robotics?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to TRIC Robotics building in the same form factors include DJI, Naio Technologies, WORX Landroid, Carbon Robotics.
- Where is TRIC Robotics headquartered?
- TRIC Robotics is headquartered in San Luis Obispo, CA, USA.
- How much funding has TRIC Robotics raised?
- TRIC Robotics has raised approximately $6M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.
- Where does TRIC Robotics operate robots?
- TRIC Robotics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is TRIC Robotics a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, TRIC Robotics ranks in roughly the top 36% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was TRIC Robotics founded?
- TRIC Robotics was founded in 2019.
- Is TRIC Robotics safe?
- TRIC Robotics 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 2026-07-06
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-06
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for TRIC Robotics.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- GreenField Robotics2 models
- HG Robotics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning TRIC Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
How TRIC Robotics is reducing pesticide use on strawberries using UV light
TRIC Robotics deploys autonomous tractor-sized robots in California strawberry fields that use UV-C light at night to eliminate pests and disease, reducing chemical pesticide use…
Armed with fresh funds, TRIC Robotics plans fleet expansion across CA's strawberry fields
TRIC Robotics raised $5.5M in seed funding to expand its fleet of autonomous UV-C pest control robots across California strawberry fields, offering robots-as-a-service with no…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/tric-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/tric-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/287a746c-86d4-4b84-8529-4f2e6112f114
- Revision history: /companies/tric-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- GreenField Robotics2 models
- HG Robotics2 models
Video
This video shows the Luna UV light robot by TRIC Robotics running autonomously in a field of berries.
We conducted our first fully autonomous treatment on 03/26/2020. The robot autonomously looped through 18 rows entirely by itself in order to treat strawberry p
Join our Robot Optimise Industry (ROI) Workshop: https://robophil.com/ TRIC Robotics Secures $5.5M to Replace Pesticides with Robots – Here’s How It Works! 🤖�
Come Vote for Us for the OpenMinds Competition! : http://www.tricrobotics.com/vote/ A brief overview of the work we are doing at TRIC Robotics to help farmers
Last year's Swim with the Sharks Pitch Competition winner and founder of TRIC Robotics, Adam Stager, shares how he took his passion for mechanical engineering a
Farmers face growing challenges—from rising labor costs to increasing pesticide resistance and pressure to farm more sustainably. At TRIC Robotics, we’re buildi
In the commercial strawberry fields of Santa Maria, California, two TRIC autonomous field robots demonstrate what modern agriculture demands: durability, reliab
Autonomous Night Operations in California Strawberry Fields This video captures TRIC Robotics beginning nighttime field operations in Oxnard, California, deplo
Mason Davis of Bonipak / Betteravia Farms shares how TRIC's technology is helping their team manage some of their biggest pest management challenges in their st
Sage Finch, a Pest Control Advisor (PCA) based in Arroyo Grande, California, shares his perspective on how TRIC Robotics is bringing new technology to commercia
Designed for real-world farming environments, the TRIC Robotics platform combines autonomous navigation, commercial-grade durability, and scalable field perform
Reality vs attention
TRIC Robotics draws attention at the 48th percentile but verifies reality at the 30th percentile among ag robots. Hype Gap +18, 9th widest among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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: Jul 19, 2026