Autonomous refill station for SwarmBot sprayers. Robots return, measure and mix products, refill, and resume without an operator. 2026 Henty Machine of the Year.
Agricultural robotics from SwarmFarm.
Model specifications and operating notes.
Launched Oct 2025; 14 commercial systems deployed; 30 more scheduled; Henty Machine of the Year 22 Sep 2026. Three-part system; multiple robots per tower.
Specifications describe this model and its listed configuration. Read operating notes for limits and qualifications. Listed figures are manufacturer or press claims, not independent verification of current availability.
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Company profile
Australian autonomous-spray company founded by Andrew and Jocie Bate (Gindie). AutoFill won 2026 Henty Machine of the Year. Wellcamp manufacturing opened 25 Feb 2025; QIC is an investor.
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Co-founder
Co-founder
Company representative (Henty 2026)
Field relationships · SwarmFarm
Robot · SwarmFarm AutoFill
Partner · Active · Government · AU
Australia
R&D support for AutoFill
GRDC support is mentioned in Henty AutoFill coverage.
Robot · SwarmFarm AutoFill
Customer · Active
Australia
autonomous refill
14 AutoFill systems with commercial customers since October 2025 launch; another 30 scheduled.
Robot · SwarmFarm SwarmBot
Customer · Active · 2 units · Grower / farm · AU
Meandarra, Queensland
cattle, lamb, grain · fallow spot spray and in-crop fungicide
Two 18-metre WeedIt booms with SwarmFarm robotics from Hayes Spraying.
Robot · SwarmFarm SwarmBot
Customer · Active · 3 units · Grower / farm · AU
Jimbour, Queensland
Jamie and Susie Grant bought their first SwarmBot in 2016, then became first to own two, then three.
Robot · SwarmFarm SwarmBot
Distributor / dealer · Active · Dealer / distributor · AU
Goondiwindi, Queensland
Coggans purchased SwarmFarm-operated WeedIts from Hayes Spraying in Goondiwindi.
Robot · SwarmFarm SwarmBot
Customer · Active · 1 units · Grower / farm · AU
Moonie, Queensland
grain · spot spraying (Weed-IT on SwarmFarm)
A SwarmFarm robot, “Oscar”, added to Elton and Pam Petersen’s IWM program.
Robot · SwarmFarm SwarmBot
Customer · Active · 1 units · Grower / farm · AU
Gunnedah / Liverpool Plains, NSW · Gunnedah, NSW
dryland cropping · fallow spot spraying
Swarmbot “Mooki” deployed June 2023; 1,490 engine hours in 14 months.
Robot · SwarmFarm SwarmBot
Customer · Active
Australia
More than 250 autonomous robots operating over 10 million acres (Commonwealth Bank, Nov 2025).
Company funding · SwarmFarm
Oct 2, 2025
A$30.0M AUD
SwarmFarm Robotics raised A$30 million Series B led by Edaphon, with CEFC contributing A$7 million via the Powering Australia Technology Fund, plus QIC, Emmertech, Tenacious Ventures, GrainInnovate, Tribe Global Ventures and Access Capital.
Feb 14, 2023
A$12.0M AUD
SwarmFarm Robotics raised A$12 million (US$8.3 million) Series A led by Emmertech, with Tribe Global Ventures, Access Capital, Tenacious Ventures and GrainInnovate.
Updates
Product news · Sep 22, 2026
AutoFill won 2026 Henty Machine of the Year on 22 Sep. 14 systems deployed since Oct 2025; 30 more scheduled. Judge Warren Scheetz: measure, mix, load, resume without an operator.
SwarmFarm AutoFill is a refill station that lets SwarmBots return when tanks run low, measure and mix products, refill, and go back to work without an operator in the paddock. Ed that AutoFill won the 2026 Henty Machinery Field Days Machine of the Year on 22 September. Judge Warren Scheetz said it enables SwarmBots to “automatically measure, mix and load multiple products, and resume work without operator intervention.”
The same the system launched in October 2025; SwarmFarm had deployed 14 AutoFill systems with commercial customers, with another 30 scheduled for delivery in coming months. Development took more than five years. GRDC support is mentioned. Craig Hargreaves represented SwarmFarm at Henty and said the unit was designed so a farmer does not have to go out to fill the robot.
SwarmFarm’s public homepage is the company site; no dedicated AutoFill product URL was found.
/ (Wellcamp factory opening coverage) described AutoFill as three parts: a fixed fill tower, a mobile mixing pod (1.2 × 1 × 1.1 m), and SwarmConnect integration. The mixing pod measures seven separate products plus water; each pod has a fuel tank, a Honda GX 470 engine, and a 2-inch self-priming poly pump flowing up to 350 L/min. Multiple robots can share one tower. Those component specs are from that factory-opening article, not from the Henty 2026 award piece.
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