Kodama

Kodama Systems is a Sonora, California-based company founded in 2021 that is transforming the forestry industry with teleoperation and supervised autonomy technology. The company builds remote-operated and autonomous forestry machines — including a robotic skidder system — that allow operators to thin forests, manage biomass, and reduce wildfire risk from anywhere via satellite and radio connectivity. Kodama's technology reduces harvesting costs, addresses equipment operator shortages, and enables safer, more sustainable forest management at scale. The company works with forestry crews and landowners across California and beyond.