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Harvest CROO Robotics

Corporate marketagricultureCurated record
harvestcroorobotics.com

Autonomous strawberry-harvesting platform using computer vision and AI to identify individual ripe berries on the plant and selectively pick them at commercial field scale; B8 harvester delivers picking rates on par with human labour as demonstrated in commercial trials (April 2025); operates on a robotics-as-a-service (RaaS) model where the farm bears no capital risk; approximately two-thirds of US strawberry industry investors are backers, giving strong industry validation.

HeadquartersPlant City, US
Founded2013
Corporate funding$3M
Team11-50
Deployments1
Open roles0
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StageSeed
FoundersGary Wishnatzki (co-founder), Robert Pitzer (co-founder)
Regions servedNorth America
Countries deployedUS
Service footprintPlant City, Florida; operating in Florida strawberry growing region (Hillsborough and Manatee counties)
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machineagriculture

B8 Autonomous Strawberry Harvester

  • Picks up to 8 acres of strawberries per day, operating day and night continuously

    vendor-stated daily area coverage at commercial harvesting rate

    Claim source
  • 16 independently working robotic picking units, each with 8 picking claws

    vendor-stated configuration of robotic picking sub-units per machine

    Claim source
  • Computer vision scans each plant in ~8 seconds; moves to next plant in 1.5 seconds

    vendor-stated per-plant scan and pick cycle time

    Claim source
  • Vision processing capability 200× more powerful following integration of latest NVIDIA chips

    vendor-stated relative improvement in on-board AI compute vs. prior generation

    Claim source
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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2025-04-01Wish Farmscommercial strawberry farmUSNot disclosedAnnouncement
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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordDriscoll'sNaturipe FarmsGrimes Produce CompanyRed Dog ManagementWishnatzki Farms
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2025-04-01Announced commercial viability milestone: B8 harvester matched human picking rates in commercial field trials at Wish Farms, Duette, Florida; 8 acres/day, 16 robots with 8 claws eachHarvest CROO Robotics
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Source ledger

7 unique public sources

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Harvest CROO Demonstrates Commercially Viable Automated Robotic Strawberry HarvestingHarvest CROO Robotics · retrieved 2026-07-05
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SEC Form D: $1,285,000 sold of $4,500,000 offeringSEC EDGAR · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Harvest CROO Robotics Wins Grant from National Science Foundation: NSF SBIR Phase I ($225,000)AndNowUKnow · retrieved 2026-07-05
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SEC Form D: $809,360 sold of $1,500,000 offeringSEC EDGAR · retrieved 2026-07-05
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SEC Form D: $450,000 sold of $1,000,000 offeringSEC EDGAR · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Technology – Harvest CROO RoboticsHarvest CROO Robotics · retrieved 2026-07-05
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Harvest CROO Robotics Rolls Out Autonomous VehicleWish Farms · retrieved 2026-07-05