Coronavirus accelerates the rise of the robot harvester
The Financial Times - Labour shortfall gives new urgency to development of smart fruit and vegetable pickers
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”In the US, Harvest Croo Robotics is testing its Berry 6 autonomous machine that sports 16 robotic heads, each with six arms that scan, select and pick three berries every 10 seconds.”
”…Harvest Croo, on the other hand, plans to build a fleet of machines that it will manage and run, making them a “drop-in replacement for the labour pool”, Mr McGee says.”