Kubota

Osaka, Osaka, Japan · Established · kubota.com

Kubota develops and sells autonomous agricultural tractors and integrated autonomous farming solutions, including the autonomous M5 Narrow specialty tractor and supervised mixed-fleet operation with Agtonomy.

Robotics · watchlist · score 73

Positioning

Kubota is a Japanese agricultural-machinery giant (TYO:6326, ~$20B group) whose AgriRobo series includes the autonomous M5 Narrow specialty tractor, commercialized with Agtonomy at CES 2026 (a commercial vehicle, not a prototype). It is the #1/#2 maker of North American compact tractors and showed a KVPR transformer robot concept. Robotics is a slice of a large machinery group.

Latest signals

  • Kubota and Agtonomy presented an integrated autonomous agricultural solution at CES 2026.Agtonomy
  • Kubota Corporation invested in Agtonomy.Agtonomy
  • Agtonomy automation enables Kubota and Doosan Bobcat tractors to operate as supervised mixed fleets.The Robot Report
  • Kubota unveiled the autonomous M5 Narrow specialty tractor at CES 2026.The Robot Report
  • Japan’s leading robotics and manufacturing companies are adopting Nvidia’s Cosmos models.TechCrunch

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Facts, with sources

  • Kubota and Agtonomy presented an integrated autonomous agricultural solution at CES 2026Partnership · Agtonomy
  • Kubota Corporation invested in AgtonomyFunding round · Agtonomy
  • Kubota Corporation invests in U.S. agritech startup AgtonomyFunding round · Agtonomy
  • Kubota unveiled the autonomous M5 Narrow specialty tractor at CES 2026Product launch · The Robot Report

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Scores, Robotics (of 10)

Deployment6
Production8
Commercials6
Progress8
Technology6
Positioning8
Firepower10
Leverage6

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

Questions this page answers

What does Kubota do?

Kubota develops and sells autonomous agricultural tractors and integrated autonomous farming solutions, including the autonomous M5 Narrow specialty tractor and supervised mixed-fleet operation with Agtonomy. Kubota is a Japanese agricultural-machinery giant (TYO:6326, ~$20B group) whose AgriRobo series includes the autonomous M5 Narrow specialty tractor, commercialized with Agtonomy at CES 2026 (a commercial vehicle, not a prototype). It is the #1/#2 maker of North American compact tractors and showed a KVPR transformer robot concept. Robotics is a slice of a large machinery group.

Where does Kubota rank in robotics?

Kubota is on the Robotics watchlist list of Frontier Tech Intelligence with a score of 73 out of 100, below the Top 100.

Where is Kubota based and when was it founded?

Kubota is based in Osaka, Osaka, Japan. Stage: Established.

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