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Advanced Farm said it had started selling its T-6 strawberry-picking robot in 2019, and that it was in use in California.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported · Sets Strawberry and apple harvesting robots's stage
What the source says
“AFT earlier in 2019 commercialized its T-6 strawberry picking robot that is currently being used in California”
What it means
Strawberry and apple harvesting robots, from Advanced Farm Technologies (assets bought by CNH in 2025), is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. This event is one of the milestones that placed it there. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Strawberry and apple harvesting robots
- CNH agreed to buy Advanced Farm's assets and intellectual property; most of the technical team was to join CNH.
- Advanced Farm closed for lack of funding, laid off its team and cancelled its 2025 apple season in Washington.
- For a third year the apple robot was tried in Washington orchards, with two machines working for eight orchard companies, including Columbia Fruit Packers.
- CNH, the farm-machinery maker, took a minority stake in Advanced Farm.
- After its first strawberry machine, the company brought out an apple harvester for orchards in Washington state.
- Advanced Farm said it had worked with large strawberry growers including GoodFarms, Oppy and Naturipe.