# Tom at Lockerley Estate: deployment

Canonical ID: `afb67984-a9a9-4555-acae-68709587fe7e`

The Lockerley Estate in Hampshire ran Small Robot Company's per-plant robots as part of a regenerative farming strategy, named as a commercial customer at the April 2021 launch, with the farm manager citing black-grass control as the driver. The deployment ended with the company's February 2024 liquidation. The pilot did not convert.

## Key facts

- **Operator:** Lockerley Estate

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-07-09_

- **Slug:** src-tom-lockerley-estate
- **Status:** ended
- **Model:** [Tom](/models/small-robot-company-tom.md) (id: `18260145-b250-443c-b91f-69c21cf811e0`)
- **Company:** [Small Robot Company](/companies/small-robot-company.md) (id: `79993463-bd27-4719-8ae5-1d4b08d6a338`)
- **Location:** [Lockerley Estate](/locations/lockerley-estate.md) (id: `11b312f4-6e65-4c1b-85ef-9b68691f1eb1`)
- **First seen:** 2021-04-29T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **Small Robot Company launches first commercial robot** · https://medium.com/smallrobotcompany/small-robot-company-launches-first-commercial-robot-0286cf1bac6b · 2021-04-29

## Common questions

### What is the Tom deployment at Lockerley Estate?

Tom, built by Small Robot Company, is recorded as a deployment at Lockerley Estate on the DEPLOY registry. Small Robot Company operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Tom at Lockerley Estate?

Small Robot Company, the manufacturer of Tom, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Tom deployment at Lockerley Estate go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting April 29, 2021 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Is the Tom deployment at Lockerley Estate still active?

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is no longer operating at this location.

### Have there been incidents at the Tom deployment at Lockerley Estate?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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