Harvesting
Robot

Picking, trimming and packing mushrooms

Live on 3 continents with bulk box robots.

Punnet robot coming soon

The Problem

Labour shortages in the mushroom industry are crippling production capabilities. “The biggest problem we face today is finding labor.” – Laura Phelps, American Mushroom Institute.

Mushroom harvesting requires scaling 4 metre high shelving, long shifts in back-breaking positions, and 24 hour harvesting. An environment that is hardly conducive to human work.

Demand for fresh mushrooms is at an all-time high and continues to grow each year. Not having enough workers to harvest is devastating for many farms. Food is going to waste at a time when it’s needed most.

Our Solution

4AG Robotics has developed a fully autonomous, vision-guided mushroom harvesting robot. The robot attaches to the farm’s existing shelving so there’s no need for changes to farm infrastructure. They are transportable and can move easily between growing rooms when needed.

On the Farm

4AG Robotics has completed deployments on 3 farms and are currently live on them.

The robots thinned, trimmed, packed and brought mushrooms to the front of each room.

With the vast amount of data being collected, the robots will use AI to make smarter decisions over time. Decisions about which mushrooms to thin, which mushrooms to harvest, and when to harvest. This will vastly improve yield as compared to human pickers.

World Mushroom Production

North American, European and Australian markets produce close to 900K tonnes of fresh mushrooms annually. We plan to focus on these markets first before eventually targeting Asia. China produces 70% of the world’s fresh mushrooms and although they do not face the same labour issues as other parts of the world, we believe they will benefit from this technology.

Most modern farms throughout the world use standardized growing shelves. This allows our technology to be deployed – with minimal customization – to farms all over the world. From Canada to China, our robots can retrofit to your farm and get right to work!

Testimonials

We’ve been working with 4AG Robotics and monitoring their progress since they began this journey. 4AG Robotics thoroughly impressed us during their first on-farm demo. Watching their robot harvest for the first time blew my mind!

MIKE PIMLOTT
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, CHAMPS MUSHROOMS

Robotic harvesting will play a big part in the future of our industry. I believe 4AG Robotics will be leading the charge. I continue to be impressed with every next step they make.

AARON HAMER
CEO, HIGHLINE MUSHROOMS

Customers

Highline
Monaghan
Farm in Oceania
South Mill Champs
Banken
Farm in the US

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