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Burro

Burro (founded in 2017 as Augean Robotics; headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a Western office in Visalia, California; founder and CEO Charlie…

Track Burro
Manufacturer
Burro
Form factor
agriculture
Maturity
commercial
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
1
Website
burro.ai ↗

Overview

Burro (founded in 2017 as Augean Robotics; headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a Western office in Visalia, California; founder and CEO Charlie Andersen) makes outdoor autonomous wheeled ground carts that follow workers and run autonomous point-to-point routes, using a vision-first system the company calls Pop-Up Autonomy that needs no central command or pre-installed infrastructure, with RTK-GPS and lidar as options. The robot originated hauling table grapes and expanded into berries and nursery crops. The registry records it at commercial maturity: at its January 2024 Series B the company reported more than 300 robots in paid commercial use across 40-plus customers in six countries, with over 75,000 autonomous miles, and by October 2025 reported more than 800,000 autonomous hours, with anchor customer Petitti Family Farms scaling from ten to twenty-five Burro Grande units during 2025. The product line spans the base Burro, which carries about 500 pounds and tows roughly 1,000 to 2,000 pounds, and the larger Burro Grande, which carries up to 1,500 pounds and tows up to 5,000 pounds on the Burro Operating System with indoor and outdoor lidar autonomy. Confirmed funding rounds are a $1.5 million seed, a $10.9 million Series A in October 2021, and a $24 million Series B in January 2024 co-led by Catalyst Investors and Translink Capital, with the total left approximate since aggregator figures conflict. A reported NVIDIA partnership could not be verified against any primary source and is not asserted here; the Burro Operating System is Burro's own software, distinct from any NVIDIA tie.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
Verified deployments
1 deployment on file
Sources on file
6 sources, view all

Key facts

Payload

~500 lb carry (base Burro); up to 1,500 lb carry (Burro Grande)

Tow capacity

~1,000-2,000 lb (base Burro); up to 5,000 lb (Burro Grande)

Autonomy level

Pop-Up Autonomy, vision-first, no required GPS/infrastructure; RTK-GPS and lidar optional

Autonomous miles

75,000+ (as of Jan 2024)

Autonomous hours

800,000+ (as of Oct 2025)

Specs

Crop

table grapes, berries, nursery crops

Notes

Verified (commercial): Burro (founded 2017 as Augean Robotics; Philadelphia PA + Visalia CA; founder/CEO Charlie Andersen) makes outdoor autonomous wheeled carts that follow workers and run autonomous routes ('Pop-Up Autonomy', vision-first, no required GPS/infrastructure). At Series B (Jan 2024): 300+ robots in paid commercial use, 40+ customers, 6 countries (US/Australia/NZ/Japan/South America), 75,000+ autonomous miles. By Oct 2025: 800,000+ autonomous hours. Anchor customer Petitti Family Farms (10 -> 25 Burro Grande units in 2025). maturity=commercial., Funding: Confirmed rounds: $1.5M seed + $10.9M Series A (Oct 2021) + $24M Series B (Jan 2024, co-led by Catalyst Investors + Translink Capital; with S2G, Toyota Ventures, F-Prime, Cibus). Per-round figures asserted; a single 'total raised' number (~$36M disclosed; aggregators say $46-54M) is left approximate. No Series C / 2025-2026 round found., Verified-vs-claimed: An NVIDIA partnership could NOT be verified against any primary source and is NOT asserted (the 'Burro Operating System' is Burro's own software, distinct from any NVIDIA tie). A '~450 robots sold' figure is an unconfirmed snippet; the datable anchors are 300+ (Jan 2024) and 800K+ autonomous hours (Oct 2025).

Products

Burro (base; ~500 lb carry, tows ~1,000-2,000 lb) + Burro Grande (1,500 lb carry / 5,000 lb tow; Burro Operating System, indoor/outdoor lidar autonomy)

Form Factor

agriculture (outdoor autonomous wheeled ground cart / AMR; follow-me + autonomous route-running)

Autonomy level

Pop-Up Autonomy, vision-first, no required GPS/infrastructure; RTK-GPS and lidar optional

Data & sources

Press releases

2

News coverage

1

Web sources

3

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Pricing

No verified price is on record for Burro. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

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Deployments (1)

  • Burro at Delanooperational

    Burro AMR (formerly Augean Robotics) deployed at California table grape farms in Delano area.

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Full change history →

Deployment-verified media (1)

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Burro

Burro footage of its autonomous cart performing mowing and spraying at a vineyard. Burro is a follow-me and autonomous-path collaborative cart that augments field workers, not a full field-autonomy system.

From deployment: Delano

Supply chain (1)

Compute / semiconductor

  • NVIDIANVIDIA Jetson -- AI compute for vineyard row-following and obstacle avoidancesupplies

Suppliers appear here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.

Safety record

No incidents on record for Burro.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (6)

  1. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/burro-closes-24-million-series-b-co-led-by-catalyst-investors-and-translink-capital-302029256.html
  2. https://agfundernews.com/with-a-fresh-24m-burro-grows-from-people-to-pallet-scale-with-autonomous-harvest-assist-robots
  3. https://www.therobotreport.com/burro-raises-10-9m-series-a-to-accelerate-agriculture-robotics/
  4. https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/10/08/burro-expands-autonomous-robot-fleet-at-petitti-family-farms/95253/
  5. https://burro.ai/burro-grande/
  6. https://technical.ly/startups/robotics-philadelphia-burro-series-b-raise/

Common questions

What is Burro?
Burro (founded in 2017 as Augean Robotics; headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a Western office in Visalia, California; founder and CEO Charlie Andersen) makes outdoor autonomous wheeled ground carts that follow workers and run autonomous point-to-point routes, using a vision-first system the company calls Pop-Up Autonomy that needs no central command or pre-installed infrastructure, with RTK-GPS and lidar as options. The robot originated hauling table grapes and expanded into berries and nursery crops. The registry records it at commercial maturity: at its January 2024 Series B the company reported more than 300 robots in paid commercial use across 40-plus customers in six countries, with over 75,000 autonomous miles, and by October 2025 reported more than 800,000 autonomous hours, with anchor customer Petitti Family Farms scaling from ten to twenty-five Burro Grande units during 2025. The product line spans the base Burro, which carries about 500 pounds and tows roughly 1,000 to 2,000 pounds, and the larger Burro Grande, which carries up to 1,500 pounds and tows up to 5,000 pounds on the Burro Operating System with indoor and outdoor lidar autonomy. Confirmed funding rounds are a $1.5 million seed, a $10.9 million Series A in October 2021, and a $24 million Series B in January 2024 co-led by Catalyst Investors and Translink Capital, with the total left approximate since aggregator figures conflict. A reported NVIDIA partnership could not be verified against any primary source and is not asserted here; the Burro Operating System is Burro's own software, distinct from any NVIDIA tie.
How much does Burro cost?
Burro's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Burro from Burro. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is Burro actually deployed in the real world?
Yes. Burro is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
Who makes Burro?
Burro is made by Burro, based in Philadelphia, PA, USA, founded in 2017.
Where is Burro deployed?
1 verified deployment of Burro is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Delano.
Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-12

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-12

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: agriculture

Sources by quality tier

3
unclassified
Unclassified source
2
primary-company-ir
Company IR disclosure
1
secondary-trade-publication
Trade publication

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Burro.

Recent coverage

Burro in third-party press

Burro introduces Grande 44 with proven outdoor autonomy built for heavy industry - The Robot Report

Jun 15, 2026

Burro: Greenhouse Grower’s 2025 Technology of the Year - Greenhouse Grower

Nov 11, 2025

Burro expands autonomous robot fleet at Petitti Family Farms for scalable outdoor operations - Robotics & Automation News

Oct 8, 2025