Robotic Strawberry Harvesters
April 27th, 2015Via: Tampa Tribune:
A company backed by strawberry growers in Florida and California is developing a high-tech robot that can pick and package berries in the field.
Harvest CROO Robotics has already spent $1 million on a prototype automated picker. Research is continuing, and the company working on a more advanced model to harvest strawberries by the 2016-17 season, said Gary Wishnatzki, owner of Wish Farms, one of Plant City’s largest producers.
