An autonomous robot developed by the University of Plymouth is capable of picking half raspberries per day, outpacing human workers. The firm, which is a spinout company from Fieldwork Robotics , is working alongside UK -based berry grower Harry to trial its machine learning and 3D camera-enabled robot picker. Numbers of seasonal workers from eastern Europe have diminished, partly due to Brexit fears but also because Romania and Poland’s surging economies have persuaded their own workers to remain in their home countries . The device'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 10 seconds per day, far longer than human workers, while charging UK farmers less than the average human wage, which continues to increase.
An autonomous robot developed by the University of Plymouth is capable of picking half raspberries per day, outpacing human workers. The firm, which is a spinout company from Fieldwork Robotics , is working alongside UK -based berry grower Harry to trial its machine learning and 3D camera-enabled robot picker. The device'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 10 seconds per day, far longer than human workers, while charging UK farmers less than the average human wage, which continues to increase.