Polybot builds a fully autonomous truss tomato harvester for greenhouse and polyculture settings. The robot combines navigation, vision‑guided manipulation and safety routines to locate, gently detach and collect tomato clusters at commercial speed without human operators, lowering labor costs and supporting diversified, resilient farming.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Current large‑scale agriculture relies on monocultures that degrade biodiversity and are vulnerable to climate extremes, while emerging polyculture systems lack the dexterous automation needed to be economically viable.
Solution
Polybot is developing a fully autonomous truss tomato harvester designed to operate in greenhouse and polyculture environments. The robot uses advanced perception and manipulation algorithms to locate, grasp, and detach tomato clusters gently and quickly, matching the care of a human picker. Its end‑to‑end system integrates navigation, vision, and robotic arms to work continuously without operator intervention, reducing labor costs and increasing harvest consistency. By delivering a reliable, high‑throughput harvesting platform, Polybot enables growers to adopt diverse, resilient cropping systems without sacrificing productivity.
Target Audience
Primary customers are greenhouse operators, vertical farms, and agricultural enterprises seeking to implement polyculture or diversified tomato production with reduced labor dependence.
Features
- Autonomous navigation and row following within greenhouse aisles
- Vision‑guided robotic arms that identify and gently detach tomato trusses
- High‑speed picking cycle optimized for commercial throughput
- Integrated safety and error‑recovery routines for reliable operation
- Scalable hardware and software architecture ready for pilot deployment in 2026
- Cloud‑connected monitoring for performance analytics and remote diagnostics