farm-ng (now Bonsai Robotics) · working robot
Amiga
A small, modular electric farm robot for small and mid-sized farms that carries tools or tows carts and can be driven by hand or run autonomously with an on-board AI computer and open software. Current Amiga Flex figures: 800 lb (363 kg) payload, 1,600 lb towing, 5 mph, about 8 hours on swappable batteries.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- —Not published
- Weight
- —Not published
- Payload
- 363 kgCarries more than 60%
- Speed
- 8.0 km/hFaster than 84%
- Battery
- 8 hRuns longer than 29%
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Why it matters
Amiga is on the market today.
Real-world use
farm-ng said more than 100 Amigas had been deployed in under 18 months at the time of its Series A (dateline January 2023).
Timeline
- Released
- 2021
Maker
farm-ng (now Bonsai Robotics)Company · founded 2020 · Watsonville, California, United StatesOver $10M Series A led by Acre Venture Partners (dateline January 2023)
How it stacks up
Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Amiga is faster than 84% of the 86 other working & field robots that publish a speed. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Amiga carries more than 60% of the 84 other working & field robots that publish a payload. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Amiga runs longer than 29% of the 86 other working & field robots that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, joints, price.
Public attention
A hidden gem: a recent robot with full published specs that gets little attention so far.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. It can be driven by hand, follow a worker or drive hands-free along recorded tracks, with a farmer nearby directing the work.
- Actuators & motors
- Modular electric platform; 2.6 hp peak, 5 mph (Amiga Flex)
- Compute
- On-board AI computer
- Battery & power
- Swappable batteries, about 8 hours (Amiga Flex)
- AI & software
- Open, extensible software for developers; now the Bonsai autonomy stack under Bonsai Pilot; open API on the education version
- Other details
- Carries 800 lb and tows 1,600 lb (Amiga Flex); seeding, spraying, compost spreading and data collection
From the maker
Amiga is the only machine from farm-ng (now Bonsai Robotics) in the atlas.
Watch Amiga
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Sold or delivered
- More than 100 deployed in under 18 months (dateline January 2023)
- Where it is sold or used
- Watsonville, California, United States
- Customers and pilots
- Small and mid-sized farms
News
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- farm-ng raises $10 million Series A
farm-ng raised over $10 million led by Acre Venture Partners after deploying more than 100 Amiga robots.
Bonsai Robotics
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | Amigafarm-ng (now Bonsai Robotics) |  Husky A300Clearpath Robotics (Rockwell Automation)Same job: research platform · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2021 | 2024-10-15 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial |
| Height | — | 38 cm |
| Weight | — | 80 kg |
| Joints | — | — |
| Speed | 8 km/h | 7.2 km/h |
| Payload | 363 kg | 100 kg |
| Battery | 8 h | 24 h |
| Price | — | — |
Sources
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