Gen 5 Strawberry Harvesting Robot 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.
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.
Best for: Tabletop strawberry growers on pipe rails (≥55 cm spacing) in the UK, Australia or California who cannot recruit seasonal pickers.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.| Gen 5 Strawberry Harvesting Robot 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 Kingdom | 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 | Battery-electric · 8 h swappable Li-ion, ~400 W draw | Battery-electric · 24 h operation on swappable modern batteries |
| Required tractor power | Not required (self-propelled on pipe rails/rows) | Not required (self-propelled on greenhouse pipe rails) |
| Dimensions | 2.4 × 0.7 × 1.8 m | Not disclosed |
| Weight | 400 kg | Not disclosed |
| Min farm size | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Productivity | ~200 kg/day per robot · 80–90% extraction rate · machine-made waste <2.5% | Onboard storage up to 20 kg / ~20 punnets before emptying; picking rate not disclosed |
| Max speed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Sensors | Stereo vision picking arms · 5-camera onboard grading unit · onboard lighting for night work | Image-recognition cameras for ripeness and quality detection · onboard weighing per punnet |
| Price & model | ||
| Price (EUR) | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Native price | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Business model | Picking-as-a-service (RaaS); ~£30k/unit hardware figure reported but not a public list price | Direct from Organifarms; low-cost in-greenhouse trial programme before purchase/deployment |
| Ongoing cost | Service contract per harvest season (terms not disclosed) | Not disclosed |
| Key outcome | ||
| Best verified result | Picking labour Robot picks ~200 kg/day, up to 16 h with battery swap incl. night shifts · 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 published — operates in UK (UKCA regime), AU and US | CE status not published; German manufacturer operating in EU greenhouses |
| Machinery Regulation | Not verified for EU market placement | Placed on the EU market by Organifarms GmbH; Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 autonomous-machine provisions apply |
| CAP subsidy | Not applicable — service not offered in the EU | 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.