EarthSense, Inc.

Champaign, IL · Agritech · Private

Autonomous ground robot for under-canopy crop plant trait and health data collection

Claim this profile

Follows are private to you and power your alerts

Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sector: Agritech
Headquarters: Champaign, IL
Total capital: $1.2M

Federal grants: $1.2M; 3 awards · 2018–2020; Rank in peer group#15 of 23
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
Granted patents: 5; 3 pending · first 2023; Rank in peer group#4 of 23

Capital timeline

Latest events

Jun 2020Federal grantNSF · Phase I · STTR Phase I: Autonomous Disinfecting Robot for Crowded Spaces$256K
Apr 2020Federal grantNSF · Phase II · STTR Phase II: TerraSentia: Ultra-compact, Autonomous, Teachable Under-canopy Phenotyping Robot for Plant Breeders and Crop Scientists$750K
Jul 2018Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: TerraSentia: Ultra-compact, Autonomous, Teachable Under-canopy Phenotyping Robot for Plant Breeders and Crop Scientists$225K

Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.

Standing among 23 peers

Line = median

Agritech · Device

Federal grantsBelow median
Granted patents#4 · top 17%

Cumulative measures favor older companies. Rankings describe position today, not outcome. Below the median, ranks show as a band rather than a number.

Founders and team

No founders are linked to this company yet.

Founders appear once a person is matched to the company through its own patents, grants or filings. We never infer people from social profiles.

Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

Claim this profile to add your team

What it has protected

USPTO · 5 granted of 8

Sep 17, 2024GrantedAgricultural Analysis Robotic Systems And Methods ThereofUSPTOUS 12,094,199
Jun 4, 2024GrantedMethods For Managing Coordinated Autonomous Teams Of Under-canopy Robotic Systems For An Agricultural Field And DevicesUSPTOUS 12,001,221
May 30, 2024PendingSystem And Method For Autonomous Navigation Of A Field RobotUSPTOApplication 18072114

Show all 8 patent records

Agricultural Analysis Robotic Systems And Methods ThereofSep 17, 2024 · US 12,094,199Granted
Methods For Managing Coordinated Autonomous Teams Of Under-canopy Robotic Systems For An Agricultural Field And DevicesJun 4, 2024 · US 12,001,221Granted
System And Method For Autonomous Navigation Of A Field RobotMay 30, 2024 · Application 18072114Pending
System And A Method For Automation Of Agricultural TreatmentsMay 14, 2024 · US 11,980,116Granted
Agricultural Analysis Robotic Systems And Methods ThereofMar 19, 2024 · US 11,935,289Granted
System And Method For Navigating Under-canopy Robots Using Multi-sensor FusionNov 28, 2023 · US 11,829,155Granted
Robotic Systems For Autonomous Targeted Disinfection Of Surfaces In A Dynamic Environment And Methods ThereofOct 6, 2022 · Application 17219454Pending
Multi-sensor Fusion Based Row Following For Under- Canopy RobotsApplication 63310257Pending

SENSOR ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
TAYLOR RESOURCES INCSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
IBIOCAT, INCORPORATEDSimilar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
Barnwell Bio, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
PLANET BLUE BEVERAGE, INC.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts
Shipshape Urban Farms, Inc.Similar federal contract value in Agritech · null in contracts

Regulatory activity · Agritech

Sector-level, not company-level

09 Jul 2026Supplemental Disaster Assistance Programs, Marketing Assistance Loans, and Sugar ProvisionsCommodity Credit Corporation
09 Jul 2026Revisions to the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Loan ProgramRural Business-Cooperative Service
06 Jul 2026Organic Certification Cost Share Program (OCCSP)Commodity Credit Corporation
29 Jun 2026Technical Guidelines for the Production of Regenerative Agricultural Biofuel FeedstocksEnergy and Environmental Policy Office
17 Jun 2026Rescinding 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
11 Jun 2026Assistance for Specialty Crop Farmers (ASCF) Program; Approval of Information Collection RequestCommodity Credit Corporation

Rules are matched to sector, not to company. Recent activity in a sector is context rather than a signal about this business — until rules are matched to what a company actually builds, the section is shown as context and nothing more.

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.

How to read this page

Figures show associations in public records, not causes or predictions. Nothing here is investment advice. An em-dash means no record was found under this company's name, not that none exists.

Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.