California's Yamaha Motor Exploratory Fund (AFT) has raised $7.5m in series A funding, led by Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley (YMVSV). AFT, which provides robotics-as-a-service to farmers, will use the funds to commercialise its T-6 robotic strawberry harvesting prototype. The T-6 features multiple robotic arms with grippers to harvest soil-grown strawberries. YMVSV is using its $100m Advanced Farm Technologies to invest in plant and animal-based technology.
California's Advanced Farm Technologies (AFT) has raised $7.5m in series A funding, led by Yamaha Motor Ventures & Laboratory Silicon Valley (YMVSV). AFT, which provides robotics-as-a-service to farmers, will use the funds to commercialise its T-6 robotic strawberry harvesting prototype. The T-6 features multiple robotic arms with grippers to harvest soil-grown strawberries. YMVSV is using its $100m Yamaha Motor Exploratory Fund to invest in plant and animal-based technology.