TRIC Robotics

TRIC Robotics builds autonomous agricultural robots that replace chemical pesticides with ultraviolet light. Its flagship platform, Luna, is a tractor-scale robot that roams California strawberry fields after dark, using UV-C light to kill fungal pathogens such as powdery mildew and botrytis while a mechanical "Bug Vac" removes pests like Lygus bugs, spotted wing drosophila, and spider mites — without a single drop of pesticide. Founded in 2017 by Dr. Adam Stager and Vishnu Somasundaram out of the University of Delaware and now based in California, TRIC operates a robotics-as-a-service model that requires no upfront investment from growers, and reports pesticide reductions of up to 70% across the farms it serves. The company raised a $5.5M seed round led by Version One Ventures to expand its fleet across Santa Maria, Oxnard, and Watsonville. TRIC Robotics is an agricultural robotics operator and does not currently publish a public developer API, SDK, or developer portal; this profile captures its company identity in the API Evangelist network.

TRIC Robotics is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Robotics, Agriculture, AgTech, and Automation.

TRIC Robotics’ developer surface includes support and 4 more developer resources.

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9.7/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyRoboticsAgricultureAgTechAutomationAutonomous VehiclesPest ControlSustainabilityRobotics as a Service

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Composite quality — 9.7/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 2.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Access & Security 1

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DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

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Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

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Company 2

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Website

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About

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Source (apis.yml)

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name: TRIC Robotics
description: TRIC Robotics builds autonomous agricultural robots that replace chemical pesticides with ultraviolet light.
  Its flagship platform, Luna, is a tractor-scale robot that roams California strawberry fields after dark, using UV-C light
  to kill fungal pathogens such as powdery mildew and botrytis while a mechanical "Bug Vac" removes pests like Lygus bugs,
  spotted wing drosophila, and spider mites — without a single drop of pesticide. Founded in 2017 by Dr. Adam Stager and Vishnu
  Somasundaram out of the University of Delaware and now based in California, TRIC operates a robotics-as-a-service model
  that requires no upfront investment from growers, and reports pesticide reductions of up to 70% across the farms it serves.
  The company raised a $5.5M seed round led by Version One Ventures to expand its fleet across Santa Maria, Oxnard, and Watsonville.
  TRIC Robotics is an agricultural robotics operator and does not currently publish a public developer API, SDK, or developer
  portal; this profile captures its company identity in the API Evangelist network.
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