Robotic Greenhouse Vegetable Harvester

Revolutionize harvesting with our robotic system for cucumbers and bell peppers. Its patent-pending stem-finding tool and vision-based sensors pick fruit safely and efficiently, even when stems are hidden. For bell peppers, it also maps harvests and predicts yields, helping growers save time and maximize production.
Vineland is seeking a collaborator for licensing or research collaboration to productize, manufacture, market, sell and service Vineland’s robotic greenhouse vegetable harvesting solution globally.

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As labour costs rise and labour availability declines, automated harvesting has become a critical need for modern greenhouse growers. Our system was developed to address these challenges, combining robotics, advanced sensing, and real-time computing to safely and efficiently harvest cucumbers and bell peppers while providing actionable data to optimise yields and operations.

Product Overview

  • Designed for robotic harvesting of long English cucumbers and bell peppers
  • Patent-pending* closed-loop cucumber harvesting tool with embedded sensors allows for stem-finding by closing gently while climbing up fruit
    • Zero risk of cutting main stem
    • Detects stems obscured by leaves
  • Integrated system on mobile platform with robotic arm control algorithms for positioning end effectors
  • Vision system using low-cost cameras for fruit detection, tracking and ripeness determination
  • Yield prediction and harvest mapping of bell peppers
  • On-board, real-time computing.

Accordion

  • S. Provisional Patent No. 63/327,508
  • United States
  • Canada
  • European Union
  • United Kingdom
  • Australia

Commercial partner, development partner

Pending

TBD

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