An apple farm in northern Israel is testing a robotic fruit picking system from a new venture, Tevel Aerobotisc Technologied.
Tevel company has developed an autonomous driving platform with robots that can move upwards and pick fruit from trees. The robots analyze the snapshots they take from the trees and select only the ripe fruit. In addition, with a mobile phone application, the robots constantly inform the farmer about the amount of fruits collected and the time until the end of the harvest.
Company officials mention that robots can work longer than humans and that they can easily reach places that humans cannot reach, thus saving about 30% in fruit production costs.
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Tevel's robots, which are still in the testing phase, are preparing to meet with fruit producers in the global market in the near future. The agricultural robotics industry, valued at approximately $4.6 billion , is estimated to grow 30% each year due to the positive effects of farmers in reducing labor and harvesting costs.
Today, the interest in robotic harvesting has increased even more after the contamination situation in the existing Covid-19 epidemic or the workforce losses due to the contamination situation.