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Small Robot Company (UK) builds Tom, a lightweight autonomous farmbot that surveys arable fields at the per-plant level, generating detailed maps of crop…

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Manufacturer
Small Robot Company
Form factor
agriculture
Lifecycle
active
Website
smallrobotcompany.com ↗

Verified profile

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  • 0

    Tracked changes

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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

Verified deployments
None on file
Sources on file
1 source, view all

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 (1)

  1. Small Robot Company - Tom Farmbot · https://www.smallrobotcompany.com/

Common questions

What is 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 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.
Who makes Tom?
Tom is made by Small Robot Company, based in UK.
Where is Tom deployed?
No verified deployments of Tom are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is Tom safe?
Tom 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 2026-06-28

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-28

Maturity + lifecycle

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: agriculture

Sources by quality tier

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