🌱 Farming has evolved! Today, it’s all about smart, efficient, and sustainable solutions. 🫏 Burro’s autonomous robots are designed for nursery and agriculture operations, working alongside teams to tackle tasks like transport and navigation. Burro boosts productivity, reduces labor strain, and supports sustainability, making farming more efficient than ever. #burro #agtech #modernfarming #ai #robotics
Burro
Machinery Manufacturing
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10,920 followers
Autonomous farming begins with collaborative Burro robots
About us
Our mission is to solve the crushing labor problem faced by farmers today, by making collaborative robots a reality. To do this, we are starting first with Burro. Burro is a robotic platform that follows people and can autonomously run cargo around, relieving people of strenuous tasks which add little value, so that they can focus on more valuable work.
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http://www.burro.ai
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- Industry
- Machinery Manufacturing
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2017
- Specialties
- robotics, computer vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence, farming, agriculture, horticulture, and agtech
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2025 Washington Ave
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
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2432 Charlestown Rd
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania 19460, US
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150 Main St
Salinas, California, US
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"Our customers have pressing needs now. And they need real solutions now." 🎯 P.S. That photo is 🔥, if I do say so myself #justsayin
I’ve been in robotics for a while now. Not since day-1, but pretty early days of mobile autonomous robotics. I listened to an #agtech founder today say, he "gets upset" when he hears his colleagues talk about having 100 robots deployed or 400 robots deployed. His point being that hundreds of robots is a negligible percentage of the market. A better strategy, in his mind, is to partner with large farm equipment OEMs, so you can scale quickly when your product is ready for commercialization. He also said this is a more sound investment proposition, because they don’t spend on equipment production. Probably true in a perfect world. The challenge is that startups on this path could be looking at multi-decades of trials in non-production settings before they ever have enough operating hours to be real. Only to find that many of those learnings weren't very valuable, because trials aren't the same as production. Maybe it's more scalable. But time to market matters. A great real-time example that most of us know is Cruise and Waymo. Cruise has been majority owned by GM since 2016. Waymo doesn’t have exclusive OEM partnerships. They’ve used Jaguar, Lexus, Chrysler, and others. Priorities 1, 2, 3… have always been real world learning. Operating hours, miles driven, exceptions handled, iteration. In 2023, Cruise traveled 2.6M miles. Waymo traveled 4.8M miles. In 2024, Cruise is winding down the robotaxi business. Waymo’s expanding to new cities, and going international. Burro, recently referred to as "truly the Swiss Army knife of agriculture", is going to deploy our 500th Burro in the next few months. And we’ll end this year at over 500,000 hours of autonomous operation in production. Burros drove the equivalent of over 2 laps around the 🌎 this year. You can say, "...it's so small, it doesn't make any impact whatsoever." The learnings from that real-world experience are INVALUABLE! Most companies keep data like this private. I'd bet you could count on 1 hand the number of agtech startups with that much production operation. Operating in the real world matters. Making a difference today, as opposed to YEARS from now, matters. Our customers have pressing needs now. And they need real solutions now.
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🌱 Shaping a Sustainable Future 🎯 We’re committed to reducing environmental impact and boosting farm productivity with smart, eco-friendly robots. Together, we’re shaping the future of farming! #workforce #burro #sustainability #agtech
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Most people envision AI & robots as cold, impersonal machines... But we at Burro see them differently! We believe in AI-powered solutions that amplify your workforce, not replace it. Our robots work alongside your team, helping them tackle real-world farming challenges whether that’s improving productivity, navigating rugged terrains, or handling heavy-duty tasks! Burro: Built for the toughest environments, designed for real-world impact. Smart, adaptive, and ready to transform agriculture. It’s time to rethink automation. It’s not about replacing people, it’s about helping them do more. #innovation #agriculture #ai #robots #burro #sustainability
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We are at the Great Lakes Expo in Grand Rapids, Michigan! Come by the Innovations Aisle to check out the Burro Grande and more! Grant Elgie Chuck Baresich Jason Gharibo Great Lakes EXPO Burro FarmDroid Raven Industries #cdnag #agroboticsnews #agrobotics #robot #agtech #automation #innovation #agriculture #growers #farming #innovativesolutions #precisionagriculture #sustainablefarming #roboticsinnovation #agriculturaltechnology #smartfarming #aginnovation #futureoffarming
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💡 Why Burro Grande? 🌾 Versatile for operation indoors and outdoors 🤖 Autonomous Navigation – Smart AI & GPS-powered 💪 Rugged Design – Built to withstand the toughest conditions #AgTech #Innovation #Farming #AI #Sustainability #Burro #AmplifyYourWorkforce
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📍 We are proud to attend the JP Morgan Innovation Economy Summit and the Rabobank Leadership Summit! Thank you to both organizations for hosting these impactful events and fostering conversations around innovation and sustainability in agriculture! #burro #agtech #agriculture #workforce
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Major Farm Partnership Puts Autonomous Robotics Company One Step Closer to Revolutionizing Agriculture Industry Philadelphia, PA — December 5, 2024 — Burro (www.burro.ai), a leading innovator in autonomous robots for agriculture, is forging a groundbreaking partnership with AdeptAg (www.adeptag.com), a premier distributor of cutting-edge agricultural technologies. This collaboration will radically transform farm operations by streamlining tasks and tackling labor shortages using Burro’s autonomous robots, which will be integrated into AdeptAg’s extensive network of growers across the country, significantly expanding their reach and impact on the agricultural industry. Petitti Family of Farms, a leader in the horticulture industry, is the first AdeptAg customer to adopt Burro’s innovative autonomous robots, deploying 10 Burro Grande robots across two farms during the first half of 2025. “We're excited to partner with Burro and offer their game-changing robotics solutions to our extensive network of growers... Together, we’re developing the future of horticulture. A future where automated machines are integrated and seamlessly working with and among our customers’ human farm workers.” -Charlie Kirschner, VP of Supplier Relations & Design “AdeptAg is well-known to be a first class organization with an impeccable reputation. Their team brings decades of experience delivering cutting-edge technology to horticulture customers. By joining forces with AdeptAg, we ensure that Burros will be paired with the customers who will see the most value from the technology. And that we’ll be deployed with thoughtful planning and precision to maximize the value of the Burro platform. Most important of all, the partnership will help alleviate all of the countless, costly challenges resulting from the critical labor shortage in agriculture.” -Charlie Andersen, CEO of Burro “Alongside our trusted relationship with AdeptAg, Burro’s solutions will help us achieve greater scalability and set new benchmarks for productivity and quality in the horticulture industry. Our team is dedicated to adopting technologies that improve not just our business but also the experience we deliver to our customers. By partnering with Burro and continuing our collaboration with AdeptAg, we’re reaffirming our commitment to the future of horticulture and the people who rely on us.” - Joseph Allio, President of Petitti Family of Farms View full press release here: https://lnkd.in/gnBbs5kQ #agtech #robotics #horticulture
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Nice to see these kinds of startup-to-startup collaborations in ag robotics - a space that's set to grow massively in importance over the near term 🦾🤖🔽 Fieldwork Robotics 🇬🇧 and Burro 🇺🇸 have partnered to develop a version of the former's raspberry-picking robot that can be mounted on the latter's autonomous base unit. Why is this important? On top of the not-insignificant initial costs of adopting any single robotics solution, farmers are also faced with a plethora of different options fulfilling different use cases, most of them lacking interoperability - meaning that costs continue to mount. Interoperability enables more efficient and cost-effective automation for farmers. Fieldwork's Fieldworker 1, running on Burro’s base, has completed field trials at Driscoll's berry grower PLACE UK Ltd and will be involved in further trials with Australia's Costa Food Group, another berry grower, next year. "A collaboration with an excellent partner like Burro serves to significantly strengthen our first-mover advantage," David Fulton, Fieldwork Robotics CEO, said in a statement. "Our combined expertise in robotics and automation facilitated an interactive and highly effective partnership," added Burro CEO Charlie Andersen. "We’re excited to see where our partnership takes us next, and our customers are hugely excited about their solution to autonomous harvesting." The partnership has also developed compatibility for Fieldworker 1 with bases from third-party companies too, such as OxDrive. #agtech #agritech #agrifood #agrifoodtech #cleantech #climatetech #robotics #automation #farmtech Image: Fieldworker 1 mounted on Burro. Credit: Fieldwork Robotics / Burro
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We are thrilled to have Jason Suchman joining our team - stay tuned as he leads our hardware team, and builds the autonomous future of work outdoors!!
Vice President, Hardware and Systems || Taking amazing companies to the next level of performance
I’m excited to report that I’ve joined the talented team at Burro as Vice President of Hardware and Systems to bring robotics into the agricultural industry! To learn a bit about Burro, here’s a quick video introducing some of the product line: https://lnkd.in/eEAyjw8b If you’re visiting the Philly area, swing by to say hello and let’s do a cheesesteak lunch!!!
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