Farm
Tevel said it was serving growers in Europe and the US, including HMC Farms in California.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported · Sets Flying Autonomous Robots's stage
What the source says
“With operations locked in, in the US and Italy”
What it means
Flying Autonomous Robots, from Tevel Aerobotics Technologies, 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 Flying Autonomous Robots
- Chilean fruit company Unifrutti harvested several apple varieties in its orchards using Tevel robots, from March to May.
- Tevel was named one of the Top-10 New Products at the World Ag Expo farm show.
- Tevel was testing its robots with growers in the western US. Its US manager said they were slower than a human picker.
- Tevel ran its first commercial trial in an apple orchard in Italy.
- Tevel raised $20 million, with Japanese machinery maker Kubota and China's Forbon among the investors.