BIRD'S EYE ROBOTICS, INC.
Autonomous robot with computer vision and mechanical grapple for dead-bird retrieval in poultry barns
- Sector
- Agritech
- Headquarters
- HERMAN, NE
- Founded
- 2021
- Latest Form D
- $100K, Jun 2026
- Total capital
- $3.3M
- Federal grants
- $825K
- 2 awards · 2022–2023
- Rank in peer group#1 of 22
- Private capital raised
- $2.5M
- 4 Form D · last Jun 2026
- 4 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 1
- 3 pending · first 2024
- Rank in peer group#5 of 22
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 4th filing$100K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$448K
- Federal grantAgriculture · **awards Issued Prior To January 20, 2025, Were Funded Under Previous Administrations And May Not Reflect The Priorities And Policies Of The Current Administration.** American Chicken Farmers Struggle To Attract And Retain The Needed Labor To Operate Farms That Are Expanding In Size And Scale. Manual Labor Is Currently Required To Walk Up And Down The Barn To Stimulate The Flock And Check On The Birds. Birds Eye ROBOTICS' Proposed Innovation, The Caretaker Robot, Seeks To Reduce Labor Costs $650K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$750K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$1.2M
- Federal grantAgriculture · To Meet Rising Global Demand For Protein The Poultry Industry Has Increased The Size And Scale Of Rural Broiler Farms Across The Country. Operating And Maintaining Poultry Operations Require Significant Labor Inputs By Either The Producer Themselves Or Hired Labor. Standardized Barn Layouts Are Conducive To Autonomous Technologies, Yet The Poultry Industry Has Lagged Behind The 'PRECISION AGRICULTURE' Wave Seen In Other Production Verticals. This Project Seeks To Develop Computer Vision $175K
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Federal first
8months
from BIRD'S EYE ROBOTICS, INC.’s first federal award to its first private round.
- First federal award · Jul 2022
- Agriculture · $175K
- First Form D · Mar 2023
- $1.2M · 1st Form D
- Awards before first raise
- 1 award
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Standing among 22 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Device
- Federal grants#1 · top 5%
- Granted patents#5 · top 23%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Scott NiewohnerResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by 1 patent
- Colin HurdDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Dusty ReynoldsExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Ian HamiltonDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Reynolds DustyExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
USPTO · 1 granted of 4- PendingSystem And Method For Autonomously Navigating An Animal Environment And Performing TasksUSPTOApplication 19207760
- PendingSystem And Method For Dynamically Altering A Device For Moving AnimalsUSPTOApplication 18751950
- GrantedSystem And Method For Identifying And Recovering Expired PoultryUSPTOUS 12,016,310
Show all 4 patent records
- System And Method For Autonomously Navigating An Animal Environment And Performing TasksAug 28, 2025 · Application 19207760Pending
- System And Method For Dynamically Altering A Device For Moving AnimalsOct 17, 2024 · Application 18751950Pending
- System And Method For Identifying And Recovering Expired PoultryJun 25, 2024 · US 12,016,310Granted
- System And Method For Identifying And Recovering Expired PoultryApplication PCTUS2022013785Pending
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- ATLANTIC FISH CORPORATIONSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Genoverde Biosciences, IncorporatedSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
- Maine Shellfish Developers LLCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
Regulatory activity · Agritech
- Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
- Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
- Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
- Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
- Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281
- Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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