farm-ng (Bonsai Robotics)
Modular electric farm robots with vision-based autonomy; acquired by Bonsai Robotics in 2025.
Acquired — still operating
Acquired by Bonsai Robotics in July 2025; the combined company operates as Bonsai Robotics and continues the Amiga robot lineup.
About
farm-ng was a Watsonville, California company building the Amiga, a modular electric robot aimed at small and mid-sized farms rather than the big-acre operations most ag robotics target. The base chassis accepts interchangeable implements for seeding, weeding, spraying and transport, and runs an open-architecture software stack with a grower-friendly dashboard, a Job Manager for saving and repeating tasks, and over-the-air updates. The company raised a $10 million Series A and its open developer platform made the Amiga a favorite in university research programs as well as working farms.
In July 2025 Bonsai Robotics, a San Jose vision-autonomy company, acquired farm-ng; the combined company operates as Bonsai Robotics and continues the Amiga lineup (Amiga Flex, Trax and Max) now running Bonsai's GPS-free, vision-based autonomy stack with fleet management. Leadership includes OpenCV founder Gary Bradski as chief scientist. Caveat: as a young combined company, long-term parts and service availability still matter; check current dealer and support coverage before committing.
What it can do
- Modular electric Amiga robots (Flex, Trax, Max) with interchangeable implements
- Vision-based autonomy that navigates without GPS under canopy
- Job Manager for planning, saving and repeating field tasks
- Open software stack for custom developer apps
- Fleet management with real-time telemetry and job planning
Setup
Order Amiga configurations via Bonsai Robotics; attach implements and plan tasks in the on-robot dashboard.
Prerequisites
Small to mid-sized farm operation or research program; compatible implements for intended tasks.
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (verified tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: $10M Series A (2024); World Ag Expo Top 10 New Product 2024; OTA-updated software stack. Strengths: genuinely open developer platform, rare affordability focus for small farms, research adoption. Docked for: (1) young company with unproven long-term service network; (2) smaller installed base than incumbents. License: Proprietary robot + open software architecture; published configuration pricing.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 6.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 7.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 7.0/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 8.0/10
- · $10M Series A raised as farm-ng
- · Acquired by Bonsai Robotics (Jul 2025); Amiga lineup continued (Flex, Trax, Max)
- · Amiga Max won World Ag Expo 2026 Top 10 New Product; OpenCV founder Gary Bradski as chief scientist
- · manual review: young combined company; service network still proving itself; roadmap now set by acquirer
Sources
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