Robot model
Tevel Flying Autonomous Robot
Tevel Aerobotics Technologies is an Israeli agricultural drone company developing autonomous flying robots for fruit harvesting.
- Manufacturer
- Tevel Aerobotics
- Form factor
- agriculture
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 3
The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Tevel Flying Autonomous Robot, a agriculture by Tevel Aerobotics (commercial): 3 verified deployments on record. 1 source back the record.
Overview
Tevel Aerobotics Technologies is an Israeli agricultural drone company developing autonomous flying robots for fruit harvesting. Its Flying Autonomous Robots (FAR) use physical AI and machine vision to pick fruit, addressing agricultural labor shortages. The company raised $20M from Kubota and Forbon.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
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Key facts
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Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Pricing
No verified price is on record for Tevel Flying Autonomous Robot. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (3)
Pilot at HMC Farms in Kingsburg, CA.
HMC Farms partnered with Tevel to pilot drone harvesting system using Flying Autonomous Robots.
Tevel deployed 8-robot harvesting system in Unifrutti Chile's apple orchards in Linares from March to May 2023.
Tevel Flying Autonomous Robot on the deployment map
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Recent activity
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- Record createdJul 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
at Kingsburg, California, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 1, 2023
at Linares, Chile (Unifrutti orchards)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2022
at Kingsburg, California, USA (HMC Farms)
Safety record
No incidents on record for Tevel Flying Autonomous Robot.
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Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-12
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-12
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: agriculture
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Tevel Flying Autonomous Robot.Recent coverage
Tevel Flying Autonomous Robot in third-party press
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 Tevel Flying Autonomous Robot from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Tevel tethered drones now pick fresh market fruit in California
Tevel autonomous flying robots tethered to mobile platforms now picking fruit in California. Operating in Israel, Italy, Chile, and US.
Tevel Aerobotics: Flying Autonomous Robots for fruit harvesting
Tevel developed drone-based solution using AI and vision to determine fruit ripeness and pick from trees. Operating in Israel, Italy, Chile, US.
Tevel and its flying fruit bots raise 0m from Asian ag giants
Tevel Aerobotics raised 0M from Kubuka, Forbon, and AgFunder for its autonomous flying fruit-picking robots.
Tevel & its flying fruit bots raise 0m from Asian ag giants, AgFunder
Tevel Aerobotics Technologies raised 0M for its autonomous flying fruit-picking robots from Kubota, Forbon, and AgFunder.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/tevel-flying-robot.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/7ce523cf-503b-4847-a5c4-7ae49d4a28c6
- Revision history: /models/tevel-flying-robot/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Tevel Flying Autonomous Robot draws attention at the 49th percentile but verifies reality at the 81st percentile among ag robots. Hype Gap -31.7, 24th widest among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited independent press and video coverage to date.
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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: Aug 17, 2026