Small Robot Company news

Small Robot Company (SRC), a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, has been announced as a Red Herring Top 100 Europe winner, recognising Europe’s leading private companies and celebrating these startups’ innovations and technologies across their respective industries.

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DEVISING a method for the precision application of fungicides and biopesticides is being investigated in a newly commissioned project funded by Innovate UK.

Following a successful Smart Grant application, a three year feasibility study called SprayBot will take place delivered by Crop Health and Protection (CHAP) in collaboration with partners Newcastle University, Small Robot Company and Fotenix.

SprayBot will investigate how combining early disease detection techniques such

Salisbury, 6 June 2022 Small Robot Company (SRC), a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, today announced the launch of its commercial Per Plant Farming robot services. Pilot trials this season have revealed herbicide applications can be cut by around 77% and fertiliser by 15%. Britain’s first fully autonomous crop-scanning service, it will roll out from this autumn to about 50 farms over the 2022-2023 gro

Small Robot Company (SRC), a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, today demonstrates applications by exception at the Groundswell regenerative agriculture show, in partnership with Tuckwells, one of the UK’s leading John Deere dealerships, which has a focus on industry-leading design and technology.

The first precision application of herbicides informed by robots to a UK wheat

Small Robot Company (SRC), a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, raised £4 million in a successful equity crowdfunding campaign with Crowdcube. The company has now secured  £11 million in funding to date.

Over 2500 retail investors backed the campaign, with the initial target of £2m raised on the day of launch. The campaign then doubled the target, reaching the stretch ceiling of £4m and closing the campaign early, overfunding by 200%.