John Deere ranks 28 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 86; GUSS ranks 70 with 80. GUSS is ahead on progress and leverage. John Deere is ahead on production, commercials, positioning and firepower. Level on deployment and technology. GUSS is based in Kingsburg, United States, John Deere in Moline, United States. John Deere: Established. GUSS is named in 0 signals and John Deere in 25.
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.
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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.
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Through Bear Flag Robotics, GUSS Automation, and autonomous tractor initiatives, John Deere builds and deploys autonomous agricultural machinery for field and orchard operations.
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John Deere is a US agricultural-machinery giant (FY26 net-income guidance $4.75-5B) putting autonomy kits on 8R/9R tractors and running See & Spray on ~1/3 of North American sprayer orders (~2x YoY), with 520M engaged acres in its Operations Center. It acquired GUSS Automation (August 2025), launched See & Scout, and raised FY26 guidance despite a large-ag downturn. It is scaling autonomy across an existing installed base.
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John Deere ranks 28 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 86; GUSS ranks 70 with 80. GUSS is ahead on progress and leverage. John Deere is ahead on production, commercials, positioning and firepower. Level on deployment and technology. GUSS is based in Kingsburg, United States, John Deere in Moline, United States. John Deere: Established. GUSS is named in 0 signals and John Deere in 25.
John Deere ranks 28 on the Robotics 100 with a score of 86; GUSS ranks 70 with 80. GUSS is ahead on progress and leverage. John Deere is ahead on production, commercials, positioning and firepower. Level on deployment and technology. GUSS is based in Kingsburg, United States, John Deere in Moline, United States. John Deere: Established. GUSS is named in 0 signals and John Deere in 25. Both company files carry the scores on eight measures, the facts with sources and the latest signals.
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