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Robotánica · Robotics for living systems
Starting in greenhouses. Building for a living planet.
We build robots for repeatable visual inspection in greenhouses. Every inspection builds capabilities for a larger mission: ecosystem restoration at planetary scale.
First product: greenhouse inspection. Long-term ambition: one trillion trees reaching maturity.
Product in developmentLeKiwi + SO-101
The first product
A clearer record of what changes in your greenhouse.
Each pilot starts in one defined growing area. A camera robot follows a planned route under your team's supervision, records what it sees and hands over a traceable inspection record.
Repeatable observations
Revisit selected areas and compare views over time.
Visible coverage
See what was inspected and where a closer look is needed.
Useful records
Connect observations with their location and time for human review.
Why this starting point
Build useful tools. Carry the learning further.
Greenhouses offer a concrete first workflow. Nurseries connect cultivated plants to restoration sites. Across these environments, consistent observations and a history of each intervention can make care easier to organise.
- 01
Seed
Record species and origin for locally suitable plants.
- 02
Nursery
Follow growth and prepare plants for the next setting.
- 03
Field
Connect each planting area with its nursery history.
- 04
Survival
Return to measure establishment and continuing care.
Software and operating experience can connect these stages. Each new environment needs tools suited to its terrain and tasks.
The wider direction
Small beginnings for living landscapes.
We’re exploring a restoration approach that combines native vegetation, the movement of rainwater and useful robotic work. The goal is to help ecosystems establish and recover with less ongoing intervention.
Four horizons
Useful today. Viable over time.
Product development and ecological research can advance together. Each horizon has its own useful work, economics and evidence.
Near term
A useful greenhouse robot
- The work
- Develop and evaluate a supervised inspection workflow.
- The value
- A clearer visual record for growers, with operating effort measured.
- How it could be funded
- A scoped commercial pilot agreed with the grower, accounting for the full cost of delivery, operation and support.
- Next evidence
- A pilot that demonstrates usefulness against an agreed baseline.
Next applications
Nurseries and repeatable care
- The work
- Adapt observations and records to plants moving from nursery to field.
- The value
- Potential products and services for people growing and establishing plants.
- How it could be funded
- Product, service and software revenue, with growth capital considered as costs, margins and customer retention support expansion.
- Next evidence
- Repeat demand, practical operation and sustainable service economics.
Field research
Restoration methods that travel
- The work
- Compare planting, water capture and selected robotic tasks in local trials.
- The value
- Evidence of survival, recovery and the total work required.
- How it could be funded
- Potential co-funding from researchers, landholders or competitive grants could support small trials alongside product development.
- Next evidence
- Results that hold across seasons and justify trials in further settings.
Planetary horizon
Care across places and generations
- The work
- Support locally adapted restoration through a wider network.
- The value
- Shared methods, lasting stewardship and cumulative ecological recovery.
- How it could be funded
- Restoration projects need sustained local funding and stewardship. Sales of the first robot do not automatically finance the planetary mission.
- Next evidence
- Many independent places sustaining results over decades.
The Long Care
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Trees reaching maturity · long-term ambition
A mission measured in generations.
Our long-term ambition is to help one trillion trees reach maturity through planting and natural regeneration, in places where forests belong. Survival, wider recovery and enduring care give that ambition meaning.
Robotánica builds the tools
We are a for-profit company developing robotics products and services. The first greenhouse product is a concrete route towards customers, operating experience and a lasting business.
The Long Care holds the wider mission
Founded from Robotánica, The Long Care sets out a framework for a future federation of people and organisations working across ecosystems, technologies and generations.
Read The Long Care charterUseful products support the company. Research develops methods. Long-term collaboration gives restoration a horizon beyond any one product.
Build with us
Let’s discuss a greenhouse pilot, field research or investment.
The work starts with a specific growing space, field question or investment thesis.
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