Fieldworker 1 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/Plymouth-rooted raspberry harvesting robot with four soft picking arms and AI-enhanced 3D vision — spectral-frequency ripeness sensing removes human bias from pick decisions. Running a two-year harvesting-as-a-service programme with Place UK (Norfolk) and Littywood Farm (Stafford), backed by £3m funding; international trials planned in Portugal and Australia, commercial multi-robot fleets targeted from 2027.
Best for: Raspberry growers in the UK who want early access to soft-fruit harvest automation via a service programme rather than buying hardware.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.| Fieldworker 1 Verified 2026-07-17 | 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 | Pilot / limited | Available now |
| EU market | Pending | CE-marked |
| Lead time | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Last verified | 2026-07-17 | 2026-07-17 |
| Specifications | ||
| Power source | Battery-electric (details not disclosed) | Battery-electric · 24 h operation on swappable modern batteries |
| Required tractor power | Not required (self-propelled between rows) | Not required (self-propelled on greenhouse pipe rails) |
| Dimensions | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Weight | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Min farm size | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Productivity | Designed to match human picker speed and quality; figures not published | Onboard storage up to 20 kg / ~20 punnets before emptying; picking rate not disclosed |
| Max speed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Sensors | AI-enhanced 3D cameras · spectral-frequency ripeness sensing · machine learning pick selection | 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 | Harvesting-as-a-service (2-year programme with Place UK and Littywood Farm); no hardware list price | Direct from Organifarms; low-cost in-greenhouse trial programme before purchase/deployment |
| Ongoing cost | Service contract terms not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Key outcome | ||
| Best verified result | Ripeness assessment Spectral-frequency sensing removes human bias from ripeness analysis · 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 — UK (UKCA regime) pilots; Portugal trials planned, EU placement not verified | 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 yet 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.