Dogtooth Technologies raises around £200k from angel investors to build robotic fruit-pickers.
The Cambridgeshire technology firm will use the capital to develop its robotic harvesting machine for UK strawberry growers.
Dogtooth Technologies builds autonomous fruit-picking robots equipped with advanced vision and dexterity systems to handle delicate crops.
Dogtooth Technologies has secured approximately £200k in angel funding to advance its robotic strawberry harvesting technology. The capital will support the initial manufacturing and trial phase of ten harvesting robots designed to navigate rows of crops, select ripe fruit, and place them into punnets.
The project aims to provide UK growers with a more predictable and manageable harvest. The funding effort has also received support from the Eastern Agri-Tech initiative.
From the founder
"The project is crucial in developing a cornerstone of our scalable strawberry harvesting system."
Ed Herbert
Co-founder at Dogtooth Technologies
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"This project could have a major impact on the cost and controllability of harvesting for growers all over the country – I am delighted that we could help Dogtooth to secure the funding they needed to develop it, and look forward to seeing it roll out in the future."
Inger Anson
Partner, Harrison Clark Rickerbys
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Dogtooth Technologies
Dogtooth Technologies builds autonomous fruit-picking robots for agriculture.