# FIRA 2025 Ag robotics recap

- Show: [The Robot Report Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast)
- Published: 2025-10-24
- Length: 1h 07m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-24-fira-2025-ag-robotics-recap
- Listen: https://soundcloud.com/robot-report-podcast/fira-2025-ag-robotics-recap

## Summary

Mike Oitzman recaps the FIRA 2025 Ag Robotics event in Woodland, CA, highlighting innovations from Bonzai Robotics, AgScout, and TensorField, and featuring an interview with Dave Silver of John Deere on their 5 ML orchard tractor. Danny Bernstein, founder of The Reservoir, explains his agtech incubator's mission to bridge the gap between Silicon Valley engineers and rural farming ecosystems in Salinas. The episode also covers Amazon's new Blue Jay overhead robot and SoftBank's potential acquisition of Agility Robotics.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-24-fira-2025-ag-robotics-recap#t=0) Introduction and FIRA Overview
- [3:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-24-fira-2025-ag-robotics-recap#t=207) Bonzai, AgScout, and TensorField Innovations
- [11:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-24-fira-2025-ag-robotics-recap#t=700) John Deere 5 ML Orchard Tractor Update
- [18:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-24-fira-2025-ag-robotics-recap#t=1125) Amazon Blue Jay Robot and Electric Sheep Acquisition
- [25:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-24-fira-2025-ag-robotics-recap#t=1526) Danny Bernstein on The Reservoir Incubator
- [36:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-24-fira-2025-ag-robotics-recap#t=2200) Reservoir Operations, Partnerships, and Investment Thesis
- [1:01:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-robot-report-podcast/2025-10-24-fira-2025-ag-robotics-recap#t=3681) SoftBank and Agility Robotics News

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Growth, exits & acquisitions](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/growth-exits-and-acquisitions)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies, companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- Bonzai Robotics (company)
- Farm NG (product)
- AgScout (company)
- TensorField (company)
- John Deere (company)
- Gus (company)
- Amazon (company)
- Blue Jay (product)
- Electric Sheep Robotics (company)
- The Reservoir (company)
- Agility Robotics (company)
- SoftBank (company)
- Zebra (company)

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- [The Intelligence Big Bang](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/built-2-scale/2025-07-11-the-intelligence-big-bang) (Built 2 Scale)
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