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Gen 5 Strawberry Harvesting Robot · photo pending manufacturer approval
Harvesting · Fully autonomous

Gen 5 Strawberry Harvesting Robot

Dogtooth Technologies · United Kingdom

Cambridge-built autonomous strawberry picker running commercially as picking-as-a-service — 50+ robots deployed in the UK and internationally, picking tabletop strawberries by night and day. Raised £14m in July 2026 to scale the fleet.

At a glance

Best for

Tabletop strawberry growers on pipe rails (≥55 cm spacing) in the UK, Australia or California who cannot recruit seasonal pickers.

Avoid if

You grow ground-planted or open-field strawberries, or your rails are narrower than 55 cm.

Not suitable for

Field vegetables, orchards, cereals; growers wanting to own hardware outright rather than a harvest service.

Specifications

Power sourceBattery-electric · 8 h swappable Li-ion, ~400 W draw
Required tractor powerNot required (self-propelled on pipe rails/rows)
Dimensions2.4 × 0.7 × 1.8 m
Weight400 kg
Min farm sizeNot disclosed
Productivity~200 kg/day per robot · 80–90% extraction rate · machine-made waste <2.5%
Max speedNot disclosed
SensorsStereo vision picking arms · 5-camera onboard grading unit · onboard lighting for night work
ConnectivityFleet monitoring via Dogtooth service operations
Compatible toolsStem-clamp-and-cut picking arms · onboard quality grading and punnet packing
Configurations
Gen 5Current commercial generation; ~50 units for 2026 season
Gen 6 (next)Scale-up generations planned — 200 units in 2027 per company roadmap

Price & ROI

Price (EUR)Not disclosed
Native priceNot disclosed
Price verifiedNot disclosed
Business modelPicking-as-a-service (RaaS); ~£30k/unit hardware figure reported but not a public list price
Ongoing costService contract per harvest season (terms not disclosed)
MaintenanceOperated and maintained under Dogtooth's service model; battery swap for continuous shifts
Payback modelGen 5 Strawberry Harvesting Robot · Dogtooth Technologies
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Verified outcomes

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Picking labourLabourper harvest season · Dogtooth Gen 5 specification sheet 2025
Robot picks ~200 kg/day, up to 16 h with battery swap incl. night shiftsVendor-claimedwas: Human picker ~200 kg/day (daytime shifts)
Fruit waste from machine handlingCoverage & throughputper harvest · Dogtooth Gen 5 specification sheet 2025
<2.5% machine-made waste at 80–90% extractionVendor-claimedwas: Not disclosed (manual baseline)

EU context

CE markingNo CE marking published — operates in UK (UKCA regime), AU and US
EU Machinery RegulationNot verified for EU market placement
AI Act relevanceNot EU-classified; no EU deployment verified
CAP subsidyNot applicable — service not offered in the EU

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Dogtooth Technologies (service operations)Cambridge, UK · seasonal fleets in Australia and California
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Evidence

Sources

Specifications cross-checked against manufacturer documentation; listing last verified 2026-07-16.

Demo
Demo video on fileManufacturer-hosted · last checked 2026-07-16
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