SwarmFarm Robotics

SwarmFarm Robotics began in 2012 on a family farm near Emerald, Queensland, Australia, founded by Andrew and Jocie Bate to give broadacre grain and cotton farmers a lighter, more precise alternative to large tractors for spraying, weeding and mowing.

The company sells small autonomous, sensor-guided robots under the SwarmBot platform, paired with SwarmConnect, an ecosystem letting third-party developers build farming applications that run on the robots. More than 250 SwarmBots are reported operating across over 10 million acres of Australian farmland.

1. SwarmBot platform: Small autonomous robots for spraying and weeding.

2. Sensor-guided navigation: Precise, site-specific field operations.

3. SwarmConnect: Open ecosystem for third-party farming applications.

4. Chemical reduction: Targeted spraying cutting herbicide use.

5. Fleet operation: Multiple robots coordinated across large properties.

6. Task flexibility: Interchangeable modules for spraying, mowing and seeding.