Robot model
Tom
Small Robot Company (UK) builds Tom, a lightweight autonomous farmbot that surveys arable fields at the per-plant level, generating detailed maps of crop…
- Manufacturer
- Small Robot Company
- Form factor
- agriculture
- Maturity
- pilot
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 3
- Website
- smallrobotcompany.com ↗
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Tom, a agriculture by Small Robot Company (pilot): 3 verified deployments on record. 2 sources back the record.
Overview
Small Robot Company (UK) builds Tom, a lightweight autonomous farmbot that surveys arable fields at the per-plant level, generating detailed maps of crop health, weed locations, and soil conditions. Tom is designed to cause minimal soil compaction compared to conventional farm machinery, and the data it collects guides companion robots Dick (targeted weeding) and Harry (precision drilling and planting). The company offers its robots via a Farming as a Service subscription model.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- pilot(Small-scale deployment in controlled or trial conditions.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
Autonomy level
Function
Service model
Specs
Battery
Function
Max speed
Weight kg
Service model
Autonomy level
Data & sources
Web sources
2
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Autonomy: verified vs claimed
- What it actually does
- Autonomous
Pricing
No verified price is on record for Tom. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (3)
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…
Small Robot Company ran the Tom monitoring robot and Dick weeding prototype at the National Trust's Wimpole Estate (Wimpole Home Farm, a roughly 1,500-acre organic farm) in Cambridgeshire, named as a customer at the…
Small Robot Company's flagship trial ran on the Waitrose & Partners farm at the Leckford Estate, Hampshire, beginning with a three-year trial announced December 2018 that tested the Tom monitoring robot alongside the…
Tom on the deployment map
View the global mapWhere Tom is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
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
at Wimpole Estate
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedApr 29, 2021
at Lockerley Estate
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedDec 10, 2018
at Leckford Estate
Safety record
No incidents on record for Tom.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (2)
- Small Robot Company - Tom Farmbot · https://www.smallrobotcompany.com/
- https://medium.com/smallrobotcompany/small-robot-co-launches-tom-v4-next-generation-monitoring-robot-56b2f224d247
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-22
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: agriculture
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Tom.Recent coverage
Tom in third-party press
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Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Tom from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
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- REST API: /v1/models/18260145-b250-443c-b91f-69c21cf811e0
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Reality vs attention
Tom draws attention at the 89th percentile but verifies reality at the 77th percentile among ag robots. Hype Gap +12.2, 19th widest among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
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 4, 2026