Arugga builds autonomous robots that monitor individual plants in indoor settings and perform non-contact pollination using cameras, AI flower detection and an air-nozzle ‘buzz’ pulse. The robots run on a pipe-rail cart and can operate under artificial lighting and extreme temperatures. The company offers its technology on a leasing model, charging growers a monthly fee per hectare plus tech support. Pilot trials in Israel, Australia and the US have shown yields 1%–5% higher than bee-based pollination and up to 15% higher than manual pollination. Arugga has a distribution agreement with investor Biobest to serve the US and Canada and is developing a second “beyond pollination” module. The startup plans additional trials in North America and will use its recent funding to hire R&D, marketing and customer-support staff.

Total raised

$4M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Jun 2021