Burro
Burro markets autonomous, rugged cart robots that follow farm workers in the field and can haul goods for them and are currently used in table grape production in California.
Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission makes a $200,000 donation toward the effort.
A West Coast produce organization wants to teach the specialty-crop world how to automate its harvests, and a tree fruit group in Washington state has pledged $200,000 toward the effort.
The Irvine, Calif.-based Western Growers on Feb. 11 launched an ambitious Global Harvest Automation Initiative, in which dozens of international partners will seek to automate 50% of harvests over the next 10 years.