Harvest Moon Automation
Automated weeder robot using machine vision and AI to identify and remove individual weeds from crop fields without chemicals or tillage
- Sector
- Agritech
- Total capital
- $1.8M
- Federal grants
- $1.8M
- 4 awards · 2018–2025
- Rank in peer group#8 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
- 8 pending · first 2016
- Rank in peer group#4 of 23
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantNSF · Phase II · SBIR Phase II: Precision Weeder$1.2M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Universal Robotic Gripper$75K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Precision Weeder$251K
- Federal grantNSF · Phase I · SBIR Phase I: Robotic Gripper for Fragile Produce$225K
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Standing among 23 peers
Line = medianAgritech · Device
- Federal grants#8 · top 35%
- Granted patents#4 · top 17%
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Founders and team
No founders are linked to this company yet.
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
Claim this profile to add your teamWhat it has protected
USPTO · 5 granted of 13- PendingWeeding ApparatusUSPTOApplication 19365981
- PendingAdaptive Gripper for Robotics and Other ApplicationsUSPTOApplication 18416541
- GrantedMethods And Systems For Inspecting Plants For ContaminationUSPTOUS 10,198,806
Show all 13 patent records
- Weeding ApparatusApr 30, 2026 · Application 19365981Pending
- Adaptive Gripper for Robotics and Other ApplicationsJul 25, 2024 · Application 18416541Pending
- Methods And Systems For Inspecting Plants For ContaminationFeb 5, 2019 · US 10,198,806Granted
- Methods And Systems For Inspecting Plants For ContaminationMay 8, 2018 · US 9,965,845Granted
- Inspecting Plants For ContaminationMar 27, 2018 · US 9,928,584Granted
- Plant Pruning And HusbandryOct 18, 2016 · US 9,468,152Granted
- Selectively Harvesting FruitsOct 11, 2016 · US 9,462,749Granted
- Inspecting Plants For ContaminationApplication PCTUS2017033497Pending
- Adaptive Gripper for Robotics and Other ApplicationsApplication 63480816Pending
- Plant Pruning And HusbandryApplication PCTUS2016028631Pending
- Selectively Harvesting FruitsApplication PCTUS2016018859Pending
- Adaptive Gripper for Robotics and Other ApplicationsApplication 63499021Pending
- Adaptive Gripper For Robotics And Other ApplicationsApplication PCTUS2024012001Pending
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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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Data freshness
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