The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Wootzano: 1 model. 1 source back the record.
CategoryAgricultural robots
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Regional ecosystem
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Key facts
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Models (1)
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Current leadership (1)
- Dr Atif Syed Founder & CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Dr Atif Syedcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Wootzano.
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Recent coverage
Wootzano in third-party press
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- GreenField Robotics2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- distressed
- Counterparty risk class
- high
- Going concern
- flaggedIn liquidation after Innovate UK enforcement; Edinburgh Court of Session granted a sist (May 2026) pausing liquidation, supervised trading under interim managers. Active going-concern doubt.
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
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Sources (1)
- verification source · https://www.wootzano.com/
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
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Review state
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Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
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Methodology surface for Wootzano.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- GreenField Robotics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Wootzano from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Wootzano robotics firm is back after winding up - business-live.co.uk
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Court halts Wootzano liquidation initiated by Innovate UK - businesscloud.co.uk
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Wootzano set for crucial insolvency hearing this morning - businesscloud.co.uk
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Rigid loan rules ‘risk killing UK innovation’ warns Wootzano as it fights for survival - agnavigator.com
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‘Successful’ robotics firm fights state lender’s bid to wind it up - The Times
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Wootzano founder races to save company that has been his life's work - business-live.co.uk
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‘Innovate UK scheme is an insolvency accelerator’ – Wootzano founder - businesscloud.co.uk
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Fruit picking robot firm Wootzano launches in Malaysia - UKTN
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Wootzano to expand North East base as demand for robotics tech rockets - business-live.co.uk
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Robotics innovator Wootzano seals $47m 'transformative' US deal - business-live.co.uk
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Business team from Florida tours North East's top pioneers - The Northern Echo
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Wootzano brings international agricultural leaders to Newcastle to witness robotics tech - business-live.co.uk
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/wootzano.md
- RSS feed: /companies/wootzano/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/aa5d5a73-f350-40f4-b648-435e6ed3588a
- Revision history: /companies/wootzano/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- GreenField Robotics2 models
Video
Avarai™ - World's first dexterous fruit packaging robotic system.
With the labour crisis in UK agriculture growing rapidly, there is increasing interest in the potential role that robotics could play across the food industry.
We're frequently asked what the name Wootzano means and where it came from. So, in order to shed some light on the origins of our company's name, we created a i
Wootzano's complete robotic solution has the capabilities to handle a wide range of stone fruits, including avocados, peaches, and nectarines, without compromis
Wootzano have created the world's first flexible touch sensitive skin for robots. They are offering an evaluation kit. Check it out here. https://www.wootzano.
Wootzano's snipping robot is capable of snipping vine produce to the required weight. Have a look at the level of precision needed to be able to snip vines accu
Today we interview Atif Syed, on the Manufacturing Leaders Podcast. Atif is the CEO and Founder of Wootzano. A business who make dexterous robots. This epis
Using our revolutionary electronic skin, proprietary hardware, and machine learning algorithms in fully integrated packaging systems, Wootzano specialises in pr
Our intelligent vision system is capable of detecting defects on soft produce. See how many defects you were able to detect. For more details about our robotic
Wootzano: https://www.wootzano.com/ Atif Syed on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/syedatif/ Via Atif's LinkedIn post (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/s
Reality vs attention
Wootzano draws attention at the 64th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among ag robots.
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Last computed: Aug 17, 2026