Arugga Polly

Meet Polly, the world's first robot successfully replicating buzz pollination.

Our robotic pollination technology was successfully tested in commercial greenhouses in Israel, Australia and the United States showing results as good as and up to 20% higher yield versus manual pollination. We showed results as good as and up to 5% higher yield than bumblebees.

Equipped with cameras and AI-based computer vision, our robot recognizes flowers ready for pollination. Our air-pressure mechanism then applies calibrated air pulses to the selected flower.

Our pollination robot will work when both temperature and humidity levels are optimal in the greenhouse. Furthermore, our solution will bring about key advantages to growers currently using bees:

• A non-contact solution preventing the spread of diseases by bees 
• The ability to work in hot and cold temperatures when bees are inefficient
• Avoid the challenges faced by bees in greenhouses equipped with LED lighting
• Enable the use of UV screening to decrease pest stress