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RobotRisk / agtech
Category

Agtech

144 companies tracked, 3 with documented incidents. Ranked by RobotRisk index; tick marks category median where nonzero.

Analyst brief

The category's sole entity, Lely, is defined by one high-value class-action settlement (~$122M) over a defect in its Astronaut A4 robotic milking system. The dominant failure mode on record is a product-liability defect resolved through litigation rather than a regulatory recall or operational incident. With only one entity and one event, the data shows total concentration in a single company and a single event type; no pattern across multiple incidents or firms is evident. The record is press/litigation-driven rather than regulator-driven.

Entries by year and severity

012022 S2: 11222025 S2: 1125
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By incident type

By severity

Highest-index companies

Company risk ranking

CompanyRobotRisk index (0-100)Category percentileBandIncidents
Lely
10.8
100% Low 1
Monarch Tractor
9.0
99% Low 1
DeLaval
5.3
99% Low 1
AGCO (PTx Trimble OutRun)
0.0
0% None documented 0
Agtonomy
0.0
0% None documented 0
Bluewhite
0.0
0% None documented 0
Burro
0.0
0% None documented 0
Carbon Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Ecorobotix
0.0
0% None documented 0
FarmWise
0.0
0% None documented 0
GUSS
0.0
0% None documented 0
Hylio AgTech
0.0
0% None documented 0
John Deere
0.0
0% None documented 0
Naio Technologies
0.0
0% None documented 0
Sabanto
0.0
0% None documented 0
Solinftec
0.0
0% None documented 0
Verdant Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Kubota
0.0
0% None documented 0
Yanmar
0.0
0% None documented 0
CNH Industrial (Case IH / New Holland)
0.0
0% None documented 0
AgXeed
0.0
0% None documented 0
SwarmFarm Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Precision AI
0.0
0% None documented 0
Antobot
0.0
0% None documented 0
Odd.bot
0.0
0% None documented 0
Niqo Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Stout AgTech (Stout Industrial Technology)
0.0
0% None documented 0
Aigen
0.0
0% None documented 0
FarmDroid
0.0
0% None documented 0
Greeneye Technology
0.0
0% None documented 0
Vitibot
0.0
0% None documented 0
Agreenculture
0.0
0% None documented 0
Nexus Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Agrointelli
0.0
0% None documented 0
Precision Makers
0.0
0% None documented 0
Bonsai Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Advanced Farm Technologies
0.0
0% None documented 0
Four Growers
0.0
0% None documented 0
Tevel Aerobotics Technologies
0.0
0% None documented 0
FFRobotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Ripe Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Fieldwork Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Dogtooth Technologies
0.0
0% None documented 0
Harvest CROO Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Agrobot
0.0
0% None documented 0
Octinion
0.0
0% None documented 0
Cerescon
0.0
0% None documented 0
Saga Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Inaho
0.0
0% None documented 0
AGRIST
0.0
0% None documented 0
GEA Group
0.0
0% None documented 0
Fullwood JOZ
0.0
0% None documented 0
BouMatic
0.0
0% None documented 0
Afimilk
0.0
0% None documented 0
Nedap
0.0
0% None documented 0
Halter
0.0
0% None documented 0
Big Dutchman
0.0
0% None documented 0
Rovibec
0.0
0% None documented 0
Connecterra
0.0
0% None documented 0
Smaxtec
0.0
0% None documented 0
Moocall
0.0
0% None documented 0
Allflex Livestock Intelligence
0.0
0% None documented 0
Cainthus
0.0
0% None documented 0
Chore-Time
0.0
0% None documented 0
Priva
0.0
0% None documented 0
Certhon
0.0
0% None documented 0
Ridder
0.0
0% None documented 0
Viscon Group
0.0
0% None documented 0
Autogrow
0.0
0% None documented 0
Motorleaf
0.0
0% None documented 0
Source.ag
0.0
0% None documented 0
Iron Ox
0.0
0% None documented 0
IUNU
0.0
0% None documented 0
DJI Agriculture
0.0
0% Not yet assessed 0
Agerris
0.0
0% None documented 0
Fancom
0.0
0% None documented 0
Rotecna
0.0
0% None documented 0
Hotraco
0.0
0% Not yet assessed 0
Trioliet
0.0
0% None documented 0
Ecoation
0.0
0% None documented 0
Hoogendoorn Growth Management
0.0
0% None documented 0
Faromor
0.0
0% Not yet assessed 0
Tibot Technologies
0.0
0% Not yet assessed 0
SomaDetect
0.0
0% Not yet assessed 0
Steketee
0.0
0% None documented 0
Garford Farm Machinery
0.0
0% None documented 0
Havecon
0.0
0% None documented 0
eCow
0.0
0% Not yet assessed 0
Dairymaster
0.0
0% None documented 0
Waikato Milking Systems
0.0
0% None documented 0
Gallagher Animal Management
0.0
0% None documented 0
Vence
0.0
0% None documented 0
Blue Radix
0.0
0% None documented 0
LS Mtron
0.0
0% None documented 0
TYM Corporation
0.0
0% None documented 0
Vitirover
0.0
0% None documented 0
BloomX
0.0
0% None documented 0
Arugga AI Farming
0.0
0% None documented 0
Polybee
0.0
0% None documented 0
New Vision Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Orchard Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Greenfield Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Muddy Machines
0.0
0% None documented 0
Freight Farms
0.0
0% None documented 0
Local Bounti
0.0
0% None documented 0
Upward Farms
0.0
0% None documented 0
80 Acres Farms
0.0
0% None documented 0
iFarm
0.0
0% None documented 0
Vertical Future
0.0
0% None documented 0
Jones Food Company
0.0
0% None documented 0
LettUs Grow
0.0
0% None documented 0
Babylon Micro-Farms
0.0
0% None documented 0
Sananbio
0.0
0% None documented 0
Heliospectra
0.0
0% None documented 0
Urban Crop Solutions
0.0
0% None documented 0
Intelligent Growth Solutions
0.0
0% None documented 0
Smallhold
0.0
0% None documented 0
OnePointOne
0.0
0% None documented 0
Sensei Ag
0.0
0% None documented 0
AeroFarms
0.0
0% None documented 0
Grōv Technologies
0.0
0% None documented 0
Bloomfield Robotics
0.0
0% None documented 0
AGERpoint
0.0
0% None documented 0
Bilberry
0.0
0% None documented 0
Weed-It
0.0
0% None documented 0
Pellenc
0.0
0% None documented 0
ERO Gerätebau
0.0
0% None documented 0
Grégoire
0.0
0% None documented 0
Sitia
0.0
0% None documented 0
Wall-Ye
0.0
0% None documented 0
DroneSeed
0.0
0% None documented 0
Yamaha Motor
0.0
0% None documented 0
IoTechWorld Avigation
0.0
0% None documented 0
SAC (S.A. Christensen & Co)
0.0
0% None documented 0
Milkline
0.0
0% None documented 0
Interpuls
0.0
0% None documented 0
Kuhn Group
0.0
0% None documented 0
Lucas G
0.0
0% None documented 0
Pellon Group
0.0
0% None documented 0
Ceres Tag
0.0
0% None documented 0
FJ Dynamics
0.0
0% None documented 0
Zasso
0.0
0% None documented 0
Escarda Technologies
0.0
0% None documented 0
GreenSight Agronomics
0.0
0% None documented 0

Recent incidents

SevDateCompanyTypeLocationIncidentSource
S209/2025Monarch Tractor malfunction Burks Tractor dealership, ID, USAIdaho dealer sues Monarch Tractor over electric tractors that could not operate autonomously · 10 tractors TechCrunch
S207/28
2022
DeLaval regulatory DeLaval settles defective milking robots class action for $55M · $55M settlement Top Class Actions
S3Lely recall Lely settles Astronaut A4 robotic milking system defect class action for ~$122M · ~$122M settlement brownfieldagnews.com
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