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Harvest CROO Robotics · United States

US (Tampa/Plant City, FL) autonomous strawberry harvester — 16 independently working picking robots on a wide self-propelled chassis span six beds (picking the middle four), using stereo/AI vision to identify ripe fruit and soft clamp-and-cut end effectors to pick without hand contact. Harvest CROO offers it as a harvesting service (lease + operations), not equipment for sale. In April 2025 the company announced field trials at commercial-scale operations (grower-investor Wish Farms) reached performance "on par with human harvesting," but there is no public evidence yet of general commercial availability beyond its investor-grower partner farms.

Available in: United States

At a glance

Best for

Large-scale Florida-style strawberry grower-shippers (the kind already invested in the company, e.g. Wish Farms, Naturipe, Driscoll's-aligned growers) facing a shrinking seasonal hand-picking workforce, who can work with Harvest CROO's service/lease model rather than buying hardware outright.

Avoid if

You want to own the machine outright, need a firm public price, or farm outside the US — there is no equipment-sale option, no published pricing, and no EU sales/service presence.

Not suitable for

Small or medium strawberry operations, growers outside Harvest CROO's current partner-farm network, any crop other than strawberries, and buyers who need next-season delivery certainty — the company still describes itself as scaling from field trials rather than running open commercial sales.

Specifications

Power sourceDiesel-electric hybrid self-propelled platform — most drive motors are electric, powered from an onboard diesel fuel supply (reported for the B5-generation platform; current B8 powertrain not restated in public materials, no evidence of a change)
Required tractor powerNot required (self-propelled platform, not tractor-pulled)
DimensionsApprox. 32 ft long x 18 ft wide (reported for the platform's commercial-prototype generation)
WeightNot disclosed
Min farm sizeNot disclosed (deployed to date with large commercial grower-shippers, e.g. Wish Farms' ~600-acre Florida operation)
ProductivityUp to 8 acres/day in 20-hour shifts at full commercial scale — company states this replaces the work of 25-30+ hand pickers; picks a full 16-robot pass on a plant in roughly 8 seconds, indexing to the next plant in about 1.5 seconds
Max speedAbout 3 inches/second forward travel while picking
Sensors360-degree LiDAR for navigation/obstacle avoidance; dual GPS for sub-plant positioning; onboard stereo cameras and an AI/machine-vision system (recently upgraded to current-generation NVIDIA chips) to assess ripeness
ConnectivityRemote fleet monitoring via Harvest CROO's operations center — crop/yield data collection, analytics and predictive insights for the grower; company also handles field maintenance and logistics
Compatible tools16 independently operating picking robots per harvester, each with a camera-guided soft clamp/claw end effector that grips and cuts ripe berries without hand contact, then packs into onboard containers
Configurations
B8 HarvesterCurrent generation as of the April 2025 commercial-viability announcement and June 2025 season coverage; earlier generations were designated B4/B5/B7

Price & ROI

Price (EUR)Not disclosed
Native priceNot disclosed
Price verifiedNot disclosed
Business modelHarvesting-as-a-service — Harvest CROO leases the harvester and operates it for the grower (piece-rate-style pricing was described for an earlier generation), rather than selling the machine; no public list price found
Ongoing costNot disclosed — service/lease terms are negotiated directly with growers
MaintenanceField maintenance and logistics are handled by Harvest CROO as part of the service (per company materials); no public warranty/support terms found
Payback modelB8 Harvester · Harvest CROO Robotics
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Verified outcomes

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Harvest crew size for a given fieldLabourper harvest season · Harvest CROO Robotics company materials (Wish Farms coverage)
One B8 Harvester (16 picking robots) covering up to 8 acres/day in a 20-hour shiftVendor-claimedwas: Tractor-driven crew of roughly 25-30 hand pickers for a comparable field area
Harvest performance vs. hand picking (commercial-scale field trial)Coverage & throughputper harvest season (2024-25) · Harvest CROO Robotics press release, "Harvest CROO Demonstrates Commercial Viability" (30 Apr 2025)
Company-reported harvester performance "on par with human harvesting" in April 2025 commercial-scale field trialsVendor-claimedwas: Human hand-picking performance benchmark, commercial operation

EU context

CE markingNot applicable — no evidence of EU market placement; US-only operations found
EU Machinery RegulationNot applicable — not placed on the EU market
AI Act relevanceNot EU-classified; no EU deployment verified
CAP subsidyNot applicable — US-based service, outside EU CAP

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