Farm
After its first strawberry machine, the company brought out an apple harvester for orchards in Washington state.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“Its first harvester was for strawberries, and last year it launched the apple harvester for use in Washington.”
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. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. 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.
- Advanced Farm said it had worked with large strawberry growers including GoodFarms, Oppy and Naturipe.
- It raised $25 million more, saying the money would help adapt its robot to picking apples.