Burro vs BERRY
Two harvesting machines, one verified table. Every figure below is sourced and dated; vendor claims are labelled and kept apart from independent results.
American autonomous collaborative carrier — follows pickers or runs fixed A-to-B routes hauling harvest totes and materials; 550+ robots sold and ~300,000 autonomous hours across the US, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Israel and Latin America.
Best for: Labour-squeezed berry, table-grape and nursery operations that lose picker time to walking full trays back to the collection point.German greenhouse strawberry harvesting robot from Konstanz-based Organifarms — detects ripeness with image recognition, cuts fruit at the stem without touching it, and packs directly into store-ready punnets with onboard weighing. Navigates greenhouse pipe rails autonomously and swaps crates itself, running 24/7 on batteries.
Best for: Greenhouse and vertical-farm strawberry growers in the DACH region wanting a picking robot that also handles quality grading and punnet packing in one pass.| Burro Verified 2026-07-16 | BERRY Verified 2026-07-17 | |
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| Overview | ||
| Task | Harvesting | Harvesting |
| Autonomy | Fully autonomous | Fully autonomous |
| Country of origin | United States | Germany |
| Availability | Available now | Available now |
| EU market | Pending | CE-marked |
| Lead time | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Last verified | 2026-07-16 | 2026-07-17 |
| Specifications | ||
| Power source | 2.56 kWh LFP battery (base Burro), swappable | Battery-electric · 24 h operation on swappable modern batteries |
| Required tractor power | Not applicable | Not required (self-propelled on greenhouse pipe rails) |
| Dimensions | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Weight | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Min farm size | 2 ha | Not disclosed |
| Productivity | Carries ~227 kg (500 lb); up to 16 km (10 mi) range per battery | Onboard storage up to 20 kg / ~20 punnets before emptying; picking rate not disclosed |
| Max speed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Sensors | Computer vision (people-following) · high-precision GPS · IP65-rated for 40 °C+ operation | Image-recognition cameras for ripeness and quality detection · onboard weighing per punnet |
| Price & model | ||
| Price (EUR) | ≈€21,000–72,000 | Not disclosed |
| Native price | US$25,000–85,000 depending on model (trade-press reported range) | Not disclosed |
| Business model | Buy per unit via Burro or distributors (e.g. AdeptAg in the US); fleet software included | Direct from Organifarms; low-cost in-greenhouse trial programme before purchase/deployment |
| Ongoing cost | Battery replacement by cycle life; software/fleet services | Not disclosed |
| Key outcome | ||
| Best verified result | Fleet scale in commercial use 550+ robots sold, ~300,000 autonomous hours · vendor | Harvest, grading and packing labour One robot harvests, grades and packs store-ready punnets 24/7 · vendor |
| EU context | ||
| CE marking | No CE marking verifiable as of July 2026 | CE status not published; German manufacturer operating in EU greenhouses |
| Machinery Regulation | Not established for the EU market; conformity under Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 would be required for EU sales | Placed on the EU market by Organifarms GmbH; Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 autonomous-machine provisions apply |
| CAP subsidy | Not applicable without EU availability | Greenhouse harvest automation — not directly tied to CAP eco-schemes |
"—" means the manufacturer has not disclosed the figure; we never estimate silently. Model either machine's payback with your own numbers on its ROI calculator page.