Evidence before promise
Current capabilities, technical goals, and future vision are always shown separately.
Trajectory and execution capacity
About Caatinga Robotics
A Ceará-based tech company that connects solar energy experience, manufacturing, and automation to the challenge of family farming.
Purpose
Develop hardware robotics suitable for real-work, starting with reducing fatigue in family farming.
Where we start from
Expertise built between workshop, energy and field
Caatinga Robotics is incubated at the Hub Corredores Digitais, an initiative of Ceará's innovation ecosystem. The company has its own workshop, welding machines and assembly team to manufacture the chassis and integrate subsystems of the prototype.
Experience in operation and maintenance of solar plants underpins practical knowledge in photovoltaic generation and work under real environmental conditions. This trajectory led to Caatinga Rover, today at TRL 5.
Economic O&M results and robot performance are separate fronts; the site does not automatically transfer results from one activity to another.
Inventor and project lead
João de Moura Cardoso
João designed the solar-powered multifunctional electric vehicle aimed at spraying and mowing in family farming. The invention won an award in 2026 in a national competition promoted by MDA, Embrapa and Anater, with support from Fundação Banco do Brasil.
Conferir a lista oficial de premiados ↗Public evidence
Contest: 1st National Invention Contest focused on Family Farming
Scope: 242 registrations from all regions of Brazil
Result: 20 awarded inventions, including João de Moura Cardoso
How we communicate and develop
Principles
R&D for field
The project starts from heat, dust, uneven terrain, maintenance, and ease of use.
Responsible modularity
Each implement must demonstrate utility and safety before being presented as a solution.
Institutional articulation
Intended partnerships, not yet formalized
The company maintains coordination with Embrapa, IFCE Fortaleza, IFCE Tauá, Ematerce, and farmer organizations. The plan foresees contributions in agronomic validation, robotics, energy, rural extension, and co-creation. Until the instruments are signed, none of these institutions are presented as a confirmed partner.
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