Leafy Robotics — Machines for the living world

The world's ecosystems need restoration at a scale of hundreds of thousands of hectares. Current methods restore a few hectares at a time. We're building the machines to close that gap.

About

Restoration needs a step change.

The methods we have to restore degraded ecosystems work at small scales but are impossible to scale to what the planet needs.

Leafy Robotics is a Perth-based startup building robotic systems for ecological restoration. We work with researchers, government agencies, and industry to develop automated solutions tailored to specific challenges — moving the hard, repetitive work into controlled environments where robotics can dramatically increase throughput, consistency, and safety.

What we do

Robotics for ecological challenges.

Approach

Researchers prove what works. We figure out how to do it a million times.

Effective restoration techniques already exist — proven through years of research and small-scale trials. The problem is scaling them. We partner with scientists to understand the species, the site conditions, and the methods that deliver results, then engineer robotic systems that can replicate those methods at campaign scale.

Factory

Automate the preparation

Most restoration effort is spent on preparation — processing, sorting, assembling, packaging. We move that work into controlled factory environments where automation, precision, and quality control can replace manual labour and deliver consistent output at volume.

Field

Simplify the deployment

We design for minimal specialist personnel, minimal risk, and maximum coverage per deployment. Systems that can scale to campaign volumes — thousands of units per day.

Leafy 1

An underwater rover designed for rapid planting of restoration units into the sea floor.

Built to be operated by anyone

Less than one hour of training to go from unboxing to planting. No specialist dive teams, no complex calibration, no certification required.

Designed for the real world

A modular chassis built for ease of repair and minimal maintenance. Swap components in the field, not the workshop. Designed from the ground up for cost-effective production at volume.

Early concept renders — design under active development.

Let's talk.

Whether you're a researcher, a government agency, an investor, or just someone who gives a damn — we'd like to hear from you.

We're in early development and actively looking for research partners and collaborators.

hello@leafyrobotics.com

Perth, Western Australia

Machines forthe living world.