Strawberry Harvesting Robot

What is it?

Strawberry Harvesting Robot by Dogtooth Technologies Limited delivers a highly advanced, fifth-generation autonomous robot engineered to pick, inspect, and grade soft fruit directly in the greenhouse.

Harvesting strawberries is incredibly delicate and labour-intensive work; commercial growers rely entirely on a massive seasonal workforce that is becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. Furthermore, human pickers frequently suffer from fatigue, leading to inconsistent grading, bruised fruit, and a high percentage of rejected punnets at the supermarket depot. This robotic system completely revolutionizes the soft fruit supply chain. Designed to work flawlessly with standard table-top growing systems in both glasshouses and polytunnels, the robot autonomously navigates crop rows. It locates and gently picks ripe fruit, utilizing an onboard patented inspection system to image, weigh, and grade every single berry before placing it directly into supermarket-ready punnets.

Why use it?

Transitioning to autonomous harvesting fundamentally protects soft fruit growers from the severe financial risks associated with unpredictable agricultural labour shortages. Capable of picking 200kg of fruit per day, the robot ensures a continuous, highly reliable harvest. By utilizing advanced onboard inspection, the robot guarantees absolute quality control, distributing berries into punnets strictly according to exact supermarket criteria and immediately rejecting defective fruit. The comprehensive web portal empowers farm managers to maintain complete control over their robotic fleet, remotely adjusting ripeness settings and monitoring real-time defect rates, ensuring that the harvest is flawlessly optimized for maximum commercial profitability.

Key Features

• Harvest Soft Fruit Autonomously
  Functions as an advanced, fifth-generation robotic platform capable of autonomously navigating crop rows to precisely locate and pick ripe strawberries.

• Execute On-Board Quality Control
  Utilises a highly sophisticated, patented inspection system to image, accurately weigh, and precisely measure the diameter of every single picked berry.

• Grade to Supermarket Criteria
  Distributes harvested berries directly into final punnets strictly according to exact supermarket standards, immediately identifying and rejecting any defective fruit.

• Control the Robotic Fleet
  Features a comprehensive web portal allowing managers to remotely adjust ripeness and grading settings, carefully balancing extraction rates and picking speed.

• Generate Yield Insights
  Translates continuous robotic harvesting data into highly actionable, real-time insights regarding overall crop conditions, precise yields, and specific defect rates.

Who is it for?

This autonomous harvesting robot is exclusively engineered for large-scale commercial strawberry growers, greenhouse operators, and soft fruit supply chain managers globally (with a strong presence in Europe).

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