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GUSS

Kingsburg, California, United States · Robotics · Systems / Field & outdoor · guss.ai

GUSS builds autonomous orchard and vineyard machines for agricultural navigation and operations. Its next-generation fleet is being developed for outdoor environments, including GNSS-challenged settings.

Robotics 100 · rank 70 · score 80 →Edition: November 2026

Positioning

GUSS Automation is a Kingsburg, California-based maker of autonomous orchard, vineyard and herbicide sprayers, operating as a wholly owned John Deere subsidiary since John Deere completed its acquisition on Aug-25. The domain product has been commercially deployed at more than 250 machines, with more than 2.6 million acres sprayed and over 500,000 autonomous operating hours reported by John Deere; its distinguishing asset is field-proven supervised autonomy for high-value crops, while standalone revenue and unit economics remain undisclosed.

Facts, with sources

  • GUSS sprayers operate in citrus, nut and wine-grape orchards in the western US, each covering up to 20 acres per hour without an operator.Deployment · fertilizerdaily.com
  • GUSS, a wholly owned John Deere subsidiary, plans to integrate Ouster's Rev8 OS0 color digital lidar into its next-generation autonomous orchard machine fleet.Partnership · igrownews.com
  • Ouster announced that GUSS plans to incorporate REV8 OS0 digital lidar sensors into its next-generation autonomous orchard machine fleet.Partnership · ouster.gcs-web.com
  • John Deere completed its full acquisition of GUSS Automation; GUSS retained its name, employees, and Kingsburg manufacturing facility.Ownership change · gussag.com

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Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment8
Production6
Commercials4
Progress10
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower8
Leverage10

Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

Peers in Field & outdoor

3Caterpillar Inc. · 964Epiroc · 968Komatsu · 9328John Deere · 8658Carbon Robotics · 81

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Categories

RoboticsRobotics · Systems / Field & outdoor

Questions this page answers

What does GUSS do?

GUSS builds autonomous orchard and vineyard machines for agricultural navigation and operations. Its next-generation fleet is being developed for outdoor environments, including GNSS-challenged settings. GUSS Automation is a Kingsburg, California-based maker of autonomous orchard, vineyard and herbicide sprayers, operating as a wholly owned John Deere subsidiary since John Deere completed its acquisition on Aug-25. The domain product has been commercially deployed at more than 250 machines, with more than 2.6 million acres sprayed and over 500,000 autonomous operating hours reported by John Deere;

Where does GUSS rank in robotics?

GUSS ranks 70 of 100 on the Robotics 100 (November 2026 edition) with a score of 80 out of 100, in Field & outdoor (Systems). Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

Who are GUSS's peers in Field & outdoor?

Caterpillar Inc. (rank 3), Epiroc (rank 4), Komatsu (rank 8), John Deere (rank 28), Carbon Robotics (rank 58).

Where is GUSS based and when was it founded?

GUSS is based in Kingsburg, California, United States.

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