Artificial Intelligence Awards 2019

Small Robot Company is reimagining farming with robotics and artificial intelligence. Its vision is to make food production sustainable. Its farmbots Tom, Dick and Harry will plant, feed and weed arable crops autonomously, with minimal waste. It is currently focused on developing non-chemical weeding to cut chemicals by up to 95%. Its no-till robotics also prevent soil erosion and run off, reducing cultivation emissions by up to 90%. Field trials are currently being conducted with 20 farmer customers including Waitrose and the National Trust. Its first commercial service for weed mapping recently launched, with non-chemical weed zapping up next.