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Advanced Farm Technologies

Advanced Farm Technologies makes Strawberry and apple harvesting robots, which is at stage 4 of 5: paying customers.

Based in: United States
In our records as: Advanced Farm Technologies (assets bought by CNH in 2025)
Latest milestone: 2 April 2025

01Robots

What Advanced Farm Technologies makes

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Strawberry and apple harvesting robotsFarm · Fruit-picking robotStage 4 of 5 · Paying customersAdvanced Farm, a startup from Davis, California, designed robot harvesters for strawberries and later apples. It ran short of money in 2025, and farm-machinery maker CNH agreed to buy its technology.No longer run by Advanced Farm. CNH, which bought the technology in 2025, plans to keep developing it for sale, according to The Robot Report's sources.The full record

02Track record

Every dated event

2 April 2025Milestone
CNH agreed to buy Advanced Farm's assets and intellectual property; most of the technical team was to join CNH.
The Robot Report, 2 Apr 2025Company-reported
2025Setback
Advanced Farm closed for lack of funding, laid off its team and cancelled its 2025 apple season in Washington.
Good Fruit Grower, spring 2025
2024Milestone
For a third year the apple robot was tried in Washington orchards, with two machines working for eight orchard companies, including Columbia Fruit Packers.
Good Fruit Grower, autumn 2024
3 Oct 2023Milestone
CNH, the farm-machinery maker, took a minority stake in Advanced Farm.
The Packer, 3 Oct 2023Company-reported
2022Milestone
After its first strawberry machine, the company brought out an apple harvester for orchards in Washington state.
The Packer, 3 Oct 2023Company-reported
21 Sept 2021Milestone
Advanced Farm said it had worked with large strawberry growers including GoodFarms, Oppy and Naturipe.
The Robot Report, 21 Sept 2021Company-reported
21 Sept 2021Milestone
It raised $25 million more, saying the money would help adapt its robot to picking apples.
The Robot Report, 21 Sept 2021Company-reported
28 Aug 2019Milestone
The company raised $7.5 million in Series A funding, led by Yamaha's venture arm.
The Robot Report, 28 Aug 2019Company-reported
2019Milestone
Advanced Farm said it had started selling its T-6 strawberry-picking robot in 2019, and that it was in use in California.
The Robot Report, 28 Aug 2019Company-reported

03Money

How it ended

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