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Muddy Machines
Robotics for zero carbon farming
- 1-20 employees
- B2B
- Sustainability
- Robotics
- Agriculture
- SaaS
- Hayes, UK
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Company mission
To ensure a resilient future for farming.
Our take
Farming in the UK (and globally) is in a moment of huge change right now, as new technologies emerge and we start to rethink how our farming practices align with a wider need for greater sustainability. Muddy Machines aim to show us what the future of farming looks like, with smart harvesting robots to increased yield with the precision of a Manuel workers.
Its harvesting machine, nicknamed ‘Sprout’, runs on rechargeable lithium batteries for sustainability and is designed to be light enough to not disturb soil conditions. It uses AI sensors to harvest crops as delicate as asparagus, works alone or in adaptive ‘herds’, and can run for 16 hours with no decline in performance.
It's an impressive offering, and could find a solid foothold at a time when the farming industry is somewhat in flux. Concerns have been raised about vulnerability to hacking, that foreign groups could essentially destabilise essential infrastructure, but Muddy Machines assure us that it's worked with cyber security researchers at the University of Warwick to mitigate against this.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Significant opportunities to learn and progress as the company grows
- Regular travel throughout the beautiful UK countryside for field trials, testing, and on-farm development. When we say field trials, we mean it!
- Flexible working hours and location, work from where you and your team are the most productive
- Vibrant workspace colocated with some of London's most innovative hardware companies
- Regular events with catered lunches
- Onsite gym and showers
- Nearby climbing wall with subsidised membership
- Free onsite parking
- Free hot drinks and plenty of desk or couch space
Leadership
Florian Richter
(CEO)Previously worked as Relationships Manager at Google; Head of Marketing at Sigma Response Services, GlossyBox UK, Beauty Trend Holding; Managing Director of SumUp UK; and Director of BD at Bookatable. They also founded and were CEO of EVERYSTAY.
Christopher Chavasse
(CTO)Former Advanced Design Engineer on Robotics System at Dyson, they also worked as an Automation Design Engineer at Deliveroo and as a Robotics Engineer at Karakuri.