An autonomous robot developed by Fieldwork Robotics is capable of picking 25,000 raspberries per day , outpacing human workers . The firm , which is a spinout company from the University of Plymouth , is working alongside UK - based fruit grower Hall Hunter to trial its machine learning and 3D camera - enabled fruit processor . The robot 's AI is able to identify , pick and sort the soft , ripe fruit , making it ready for transportation to supermarkets . They have also been spurred into action by a decline in seasonal pickers coming from Bulgaria, Romania and Poland since the UK’s vote to leave the EU in June 2016. Furthermore , the robot is able to work 20 hours per day , far longer than human workers , while saving UK farmers less than the average human worker , which continues to increase .
An autonomous robot developed by Fieldwork Robotics is capable of picking 25,000 raspberries per day , outpacing human workers . The firm , which is a spinout company from the University of Plymouth , is working alongside UK - based fruit grower Hall Hunter to trial its machine learning and 3D camera - enabled fruit processor . The robot 's AI is able to identify , pick and sort the soft , ripe fruit , making it ready for transportation to supermarkets . Furthermore , the robot is able to work 20 hours per day , far longer than human workers , while saving UK farmers less than the average human worker , which continues to increase .