Renu Robotics

Market context

Renu Robotics builds autonomous electric mowing robots for vegetation management at utility-scale solar and energy facilities. More than 100 units are operating in the field, and the RenuBot platform uses RTK GPS, lidar, AI and fleet-management software.

Facts

• Website: https://renurobotics.com/
• HQ: San Antonio, US
• Segment: agricultural robotics

Events

• 2022-03-08 - Award - Renu Robotics wins $749,971 Air Force award for Renubot - The award began on March 8, 2022 under contract FA8649-22-P-0657 and ran through March 11, 2023. The work applied Renubot autonomous electric mowing to large operational areas and utility-scale solar sites. Renubot combined RTK positioning, LiDAR and cameras…

Team

• Iain Cooper - CEO - Cooper leads Renu Robotics as it deploys autonomous vegetation-management mowers for utility-scale solar facilities.
• Tony Padgett - COO - Padgett brings utility-scale solar operations experience to Renu Robotics' autonomous mowing deployments.
• Tim Matus - Founder - Matus founded Renu Robotics and helped establish its autonomous vegetation-management focus for the energy industry.
• Michael Blanton - CTO - Blanton leads technical work behind Renu Robotics' Renubot autonomous mower, recharge pod, and mission-control system.

Relationships

• Septentrio - Septentrio Mosaic X5 GNSS Receiver - Renu Robotics uses Septentrio mosaic-X5 GNSS positioning to help RenuBot operate autonomously on solar farms.