Farm
Chilean fruit company Unifrutti harvested several apple varieties in its orchards using Tevel robots, from March to May.
A dated step forward on the record
What the source says
“Chilean company Unifrutti has harvested apples using robots from Israeli start-up Tevel.”
What it means
Flying Autonomous Robots, from Tevel Aerobotics Technologies, 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.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Flying Autonomous Robots
- Tevel said it was serving growers in Europe and the US, including HMC Farms in California.
- 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.