{"id":"1f2aec31-a22f-42b3-9612-f87ba93f2409","companyId":"c7f05308-16a7-4d8d-94c4-edab66225f82","modelName":"Burro","slug":"burro-amr","description":"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.","formFactor":"agriculture","maturityStage":"commercial","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"notes":[{"label":"Verified (commercial)","value":"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."},{"label":"Funding","value":"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."},{"label":"Verified-vs-claimed","value":"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)","formFactor":"agriculture (outdoor autonomous wheeled ground cart / AMR; follow-me + autonomous route-running)"},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/burro-closes-24-million-series-b-co-led-by-catalyst-investors-and-translink-capital-302029256.html","title":"Burro closes $24M Series B (Jan 2024; 300+ robots, 40+ customers, 6 countries)","sourceName":"Burro (PR Newswire)"},{"url":"https://agfundernews.com/with-a-fresh-24m-burro-grows-from-people-to-pallet-scale-with-autonomous-harvest-assist-robots","title":"Burro $24M Series B; Burro Grande (1,500 lb carry / 5,000 lb tow); platform strategy","sourceName":"AgFunderNews"},{"url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/burro-raises-10-9m-series-a-to-accelerate-agriculture-robotics/","title":"Burro $10.9M Series A (Oct 2021; Pop-Up Autonomy; 90 robots in table-grape fields)","sourceName":"The Robot Report"},{"url":"https://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/10/08/burro-expands-autonomous-robot-fleet-at-petitti-family-farms/95253/","title":"Burro fleet at Petitti Family Farms (Oct 2025; 800K+ autonomous hours)","sourceName":"Robotics & Automation News"},{"url":"https://burro.ai/burro-grande/","title":"Burro Grande product page (official)","sourceName":"Burro (official)"},{"url":"https://technical.ly/startups/robotics-philadelphia-burro-series-b-raise/","title":"Burro (Philadelphia; founded as Augean Robotics 2017; CEO Charlie Andersen)","sourceName":"Technical.ly"}],"aliases":["Burro Grande","Augean Burro"],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-03T17:58:52.987Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-03T17:58:52.987Z","jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/burro-amr","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/burro-amr","name":"Burro","alternateName":["Burro Grande","Augean Burro"],"description":"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.","identifier":"1f2aec31-a22f-42b3-9612-f87ba93f2409","category":"agriculture","publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}}}