SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 26, 2026--
Ouster, Inc. (Nasdaq: OUST) (“Ouster” or the “Company”), a leader in sensing and perception for Physical AI, today announced that GUSS Automation, a wholly owned John Deere Subsidiary and a pioneer in autonomous high-value crop operations, plans to incorporate Ouster’s Rev8 OS0 native color digital lidar sensors, powered by the breakthrough L4 Ouster Silicon, into the next generation of its Autonomous Orchard Machine Fleet. The integration is expected to further expand machine capabilities while underscoring the role of advanced sensing technologies in helping autonomous agricultural machines operate in complex outdoor environments.
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Building on Ouster's recent momentum in industrial robotics, GUSS is embedding Ouster and other enterprise-grade capabilities into agricultural duty cycles. High-value crop environments introduce significant navigation challenges, as traditional GPS systems often lack the centimeter-level precision necessary to safely navigate dense orchards and vineyards.
Through a planned integration of Ouster’s Rev8 OS0 digital lidar, GUSS is addressing these complexities with additional perception capabilities for autonomous operations. Ouster technology equips driverless sprayers with an ultra-wide field of view, enabling them to map tree trunks, crop rows, and ground contours with a high level of detail. These autonomous vehicles also benefit from the dense 3D point cloud data Ouster lidar delivers, allowing them to support navigation and obstacle detection across a range of outdoor operating conditions, including varying lighting environments.
“At GUSS, we are focused on developing autonomous solutions that help growers address the unique challenges of high-value crop production,” said Jason Brantley, Vice President, Production Systems, Small Ag & Turf at John Deere. “Integrating advanced sensing technologies into our machines helps support reliable operation in complex orchard environments and provides growers with tools designed to improve productivity and operational flexibility.”
Ouster's Rev8 architecture delivers a unique combination of highly accurate, dense 3D depth data, high dynamic range native color, and extreme structural ruggedness. Engineered to meet the rigorous demands of production deployments in unstructured settings, the Rev8 platform brings enhanced environmental resilience to the field.
With the planned Rev8 integration, Ouster native color lidar sensors will provide additional sensing capabilities in challenging orchard environments, including dust, spray, and dense vegetation. This level of reliable sensing allows a single operator to monitor up to eight autonomous machines simultaneously from a laptop, providing complete control of spraying job outcomes executed by Orchard GUSS and Mini GUSS machines in a wide range of permanent crops. Spraying is just the first application: the same lidar-powered autonomy approach can be leveraged by other orchard and vineyard operations.
“John Deere’s decision to integrate Ouster’s Rev8 digital lidar technology represents an important milestone for the future of American agriculture,” said Ouster CEO Angus Pacala. “As GUSS leverages Ouster’s digital lidar in its autonomous fleet, we are empowering growers to achieve new levels of precision and efficiency. This announcement is about more than technology. It is about scaling reliable solutions that make agricultural operations more resilient and sustainable.”
Rev8 is the most rugged sensor family Ouster has ever built, providing a validated path to production scale that eliminates the compromises traditionally associated with operating complex robotics in heavy-duty outdoor environments.
About Ouster
Ouster (Nasdaq: OUST) is a leader in sensing and perception for Physical AI across industrial, robotics, automotive, and smart infrastructure. With a unified platform of high-performance digital lidar, cameras, AI compute, sensor fusion and perception software, and AI models, Ouster delivers solutions that improve quality of life in the physical world. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Ouster has a global presence serving thousands of customers with offices in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. For more information about our products, visit www.ouster.com, contact our sales team, or connect with us on X or LinkedIn.
About GUSS Automation
GUSS Automation, based in Kingsburg, California, is the pioneer that built the world's first autonomous orchard sprayer. Now a John Deere company, GUSS anchors Deere's High-Value Crop autonomy portfolio for orchards and vineyards. Its driverless Autonomous Orchard Machines are sold and supported through the John Deere dealer network, delivering season-after-season uptime and advanced efficiency to growers worldwide.
About Deere & Company
It doesn't matter if you've never driven a tractor, mowed a lawn, or operated a dozer. With John Deere's role in helping produce food, fiber, fuel, and infrastructure, we work for every single person on the planet. It all started nearly 200 years ago with a steel plow. Today, John Deere drives innovation in agriculture, construction, forestry, turf, power systems, and more.
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Ouster Rev8 OS0 native color lidar, rated to 100 g shock and a 90 degree vertical field of view for autonomous orchard work
Ouster OS0 digital lidar on a GUSS Autonomous Sprayer working an orchard block
Ouster OS0 digital lidar on a fleet of GUSS Autonomous Sprayers
