“The demo is just 1% of the business.” Tyler Niday, CEO of Bonsai Robotics, describes the work after a successful demo. Drawing on his work at Blue River and John Deere, Tyler explains Bonsai's approach to machine design and field learning. On the hybrid electric machine, Tyler says: “Instead of burning 35 gallons of diesel a day, it burns about three.” As of our August 2026 recording, he said Bonsai had deployed about 70 large machines with equipment partners since the prior year. Tyler leaves the fuel comparison's task and duty-cycle basis unspecified. We cover: › Blue River and the early autonomy stack › John Deere and specialty-crop applications › Cameras in dust › World models and simulated farms › Hybrid power and utilization › How does field learning earn customer trust? TIMESTAMPS 00:00 The demo, the farm and the fuel bill 00:20 Blue River and 18 desktop computers 01:36 From computer vision to learned models 03:00 Dust and the Australian orchard 04:27 Cameras, lidar and working distance 05:57 Why a software company builds machines 08:06 John Deere and the specialty-crop opening 09:09 A mixed fleet of tractors and Amigas 10:12 World models and simulated farm footage 12:06 The birds that stopped the machine 14:20 Why Australia needs farm autonomy 15:36 Shipping robots to Australia 16:50 Hybrid power and the charging constraint 18:34 Utilization and cost per acre 20:20 Orchard units and the Amiga fleet 21:40 Amiga Flex, Amiga Max and the job 22:50 Field learning and customer trust 24:27 The 2031 vision for individual plants