Best Professional Service Robots Companies in Australia
The 31 best Professional Service Robots companies in Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: FBR.
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Ranked: Best Professional Service Robots companies in Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FBR Developer of autonomous robotics for industrial applications 35Innovation top 23%Funding top 32%Product top 37%Partners top 41% All 11 signals ▾Innovationtop 23% Fundingtop 32% Producttop 37% Partnerstop 41% Talentbottom 49% Growthbottom 44% Techbottom 40% Globalbottom 37% Fin. healthbottom 28% Newsbottom 27% Marketbottom 26% Innovation: 6 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware Funding: Raised $70.0M across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 10 yrs (0.6/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $70M | 27 mo ago | Acquired | Mark Pivac Co-Founder & CEO & CTO | 1994 | PIXIjsVimeoGSAP+17 | — | — |
| 2 | Abyss Solutions Provider of autonomous inspection solutions for critical infrastructure and assets | $19M | 47 mo ago | Series B | — | 2014 | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | — | — |
| 3 | Hullbot Develops autonomous robots for private yacht cleaning 53Growth top 28%Funding top 31%Innovation top 39%Product top 46% All 9 signals ▾Growthtop 28% Fundingtop 31% Innovationtop 39% Producttop 46% Techtop 47% Talentbottom 49% Moatbottom 45% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 32% Growth: Web rank 50,000,000 → 10,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $16.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $16M | 12 mo ago | Series A | Karl W Co-Founder | CTO | 2014 | Node.jsThree.jsTailwind CSS+13 | — | — |
| 4 | SwarmFarm Robotics Integrated autonomy for efficient, sustainable agriculture through robotics and technology 48Growth top 25%News top 25%Moat top 37%Talent top 38% All 10 signals ▾Growthtop 25% Newstop 25% Moattop 37% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 39% Patentstop 43% Innovationtop 49% Techbottom 47% Globalbottom 42% Marketbottom 28% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo News: 6 BI events in 12 mo (of 10 tracked, 1 types) · 6 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $12M | 13 mo ago | Series B | Jocie Bate Co-Founder & CFO | 2012 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+31 | 13 patents Autonomous field coverage path planning and precision agro‑chemical delivery for farming robots. | — |
| 5 | agerris Provider of automated solutions to perform agriculture field operations | $5M | 91 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2019 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Nexobot Provider of modular, low-cost autonomous order sorting solutions for warehouses and logistics companies. | $400K | 24 mo ago | Seed | Dominic Lindsay CEO / Co-Founder | 2023 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Garden Space Integrated system for automating irrigation & spraying operations in gardens and for providing decision… | $100K | 109 mo ago | Deadpooled | Ken Loh Co-Founder | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Riperobotics Developer of fruit-picking robots | $75K | 61 mo ago | Seed | Hunter Jay Founder & CEO | 2019 | WebflowjQueryHSTS+6 | — | — |
Top 10 Professional Service Robots companies in Australia
#1
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 22 employees$16Mraised▾
Hullbot is an autonomous in-water cleaning robot for private yachts. It is a fully autonomous robotic hull cleaning system which attaches itself to the yacht surface and keeps the yacht surface from fouling. The company claims it operates at half the average cost of lifting, cleaning and re-painting a sailing yacht. As of Aug 2017, the company is seeking investment.
- Nov 2025Series A$16M
#2
Series B · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2012 · 17 employees$11.5Mraised▾
Integrated autonomy for efficient, sustainable agriculture through robotics and technology. The company pioneers intelligent robotics for agriculture, offering solutions for efficient and sustainable farming. They develop and deploy sensor-guided autonomous units, providing a universal platform adaptable to various industries. Their robots empower farmers with customized solutions, addressing local farming system challenges. The company focuses on spray, spread, and mow applications, utilizing small machines with big technology to revolutionize farming operations. They offer integrated autonomy through lightweight autonomous platforms and an open ecosystem, enabling farmers to innovate and adapt. The company's approach redefines productivity on the farm, promoting collaborative agriculture and a sustainable future. They are involved in agricultural technology, AI, robotics, agtech, agritech, and autonomous farming.
- Oct 2025Series B$19.8M
- Feb 2023Series A$8.3M
- Mar 2021Series A—
- Oct 2020Series A$3.2M
#3
Acquired · Perth, Western Australia · founded 1994 · 11 employees$70Mraised▾
Developer of autonomous robotics for industrial applications. It designs, prototypes, and deploys stabilized long-boom robotics. These robots perform complex tasks with precision and reliability in uncontrolled environments. The technology optimizes processes, reduces costs, and enables efficient scaling for businesses.
- Aug 2024Post IPO$12.5M
- Dec 2019Post IPO$5.5M
- Nov 2017Post IPO$35M
- Jul 2017Post IPO$2M
#4
Series B · Pyrmont, New South Wales · founded 2014 · 176 employees$19.2Mraised▾
Provider of autonomous inspection solutions for critical infrastructure and assets. The company delivers inspection intelligence, translating asset data into actionable insights. It offers technology and expertise to help companies reduce risk and optimize performance. The company’s solutions enable preventative maintenance programs and aim to reduce carbon emissions.
- Nov 2022Series B$15M
- Jan 2021Series A$3.2M
- Feb 2017Seed$1M
- Aug 2015Grant (prize money)—
#5
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2023$400Kraised▾
Provider of modular, low-cost autonomous order sorting solutions for warehouses and logistics companies. It is leveraging modular and 3D printing technologies to provide cost-effective micro-fulfillment solutions. Their platform aims to simplify and streamline warehousing processes for small to medium-sized operations. By utilizing robotics and cutting-edge manufacturing techniques, Nexobot seeks to revolutionize the logistics and supply chain sector.
- Nov 2024Seed$400K
#6
Deadpooled · Chippendale, New South Wales · founded 2019 · 13 employees$4.6Mraised▾
Agerris provides automated solutions to perform agriculture field operations. It provides air and ground field robotic systems that automate various field operations including weeding, spraying, and harvesting. Its product Swagbot, an AI-powered ground-based vehicle identifies and removes weeds. Also, monitors the livestock herd.
- Apr 2019Seed$4.6M
#7
Seed · Ardmona, Victoria · founded 2019 · 6 employees$75Kraised▾
Developer of fruit-picking robots. It develops a fruit-picking robot that identifies different types of fruits with different levels of ripeness and harvests ripen fruits. It also delivers the harvest to storage and distribution centers.
- Oct 2021Seed$75K
- Aug 2019Grant (prize money)—
#8
Deadpooled · Canberra, Australian Capital Territory · founded 2016$100Kraised▾
Garden Space provides an integrated hardware and software platform for automating irrigation & spraying operations in gardens & in urban farms and for providing decision support to gardeners and to urban farmers. The hardware device named "Myto" is a sensor suite for monitoring soil and microclimatic parameters. It analyzes the captured data to provide water as needed by plants. The company claims that the system also sprays the plants and can protect the plants from pests as well as from stray animals. The captured data is pushed to a cloud and provides insights and notifications to users in case of a requirement for intervention. The data can be viewed through a companion mobile application which also provides agronomic information to users regarding the best agricultural practices. The company's solution is targeted primarily towards the urban apartment residents with small outdoor land available for gardening.
- Sep 2017Seed$100K
#9
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2019—raised▾
Provider of solutions for autonomous underwater vehicles. Its system uses sensors, camera technology. and machine learning for underwater inspection. Its system can be used to explore and better understand the oceans, lakes and waterways and in turn provide a wide array services to map, survey and monitor subsea environments and structures.
- Jun 2021Seed—
#10
Acquired · Brisbane, Queensland · founded 2015—raised▾
Developer of autonomous robotics packages for mining, construction, and resources sectors. The company's robotic automation solution delivers accelerated time to market and decreased risk of failure. They specialize in robust automation and proven robotics technology platforms. The company's robots handle material delivery and infrastructure inspection.
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)—
Funding & investor landscape
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
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How research on Robotics is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around Robotics — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 749 Australia-affiliated papers.
- University College London125
- UNSW Sydney54
- Queensland University of Technology48
- University of Technology Sydney44
- Monash University43
- Motion planning7→69
- Path (computing)3→54
- Trajectory4→24
- Mobile robot1→16
- Scalability1→15
- Motion planning8→61
- Path (computing)4→44
- Mobile robot1→17
- Human–computer interaction1→13
- Robustness (evolution)1→12
- Human–computer interaction1→14
- Field (mathematics)3→11
- Software deployment1→6
- Human–robot interaction1→5
- Mobile robot1→5
Where robotics is researched across Australia
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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