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Bonsai Robotics raises $13.5M to bring autonomous vehicles to labor-starved orchards

- General News
Bonsai Robotics will use the funds to accelerate its product roadmap and invest in both hiring and sales & marketing.

Wakefern expands use of AI, robotic inventory system

- Retail
Simbe Robotics, Inc., the company leveraging AI and robotics to elevate retail with real-time insights into inventory and operations, today announced that Wakefern Food Corp. will expand Simbe’s business intelligence solution to additional ShopRite stores after a successful pilot.

Chipotle tests robot avocado prep machine

- General News
Chipotle Mexican Grill today announced Autocado, an avocado processing cobotic prototype that cuts, cores, and peels avocados before they are hand mashed to create the restaurant's famous guacamole.

Carbon Robotics’ LaserWeeder wins 2023 AI Breakthrough Award for Agriculture

- General News
Carbon Robotics, a leader in AI-powered robotics, today announced that its LaserWeeder has been named “Best AI-based Solution for Agriculture” in the sixth annual AI Breakthrough Awards program conducted by AI Breakthrough.

Nala Robotics introduces autonomous Bowl Bot and Sandwich Bot

- General News
Nala Robotics, an AI technology company revolutionizing the culinary industry, today unveiled two fully autonomous, self-cleaning robots that can prepare an unlimited assortment of customized food bowls and sandwiches anytime, anywhere and without human intervention.

Carbon Robotics secures $30M to scale AI-powered LaserWeeder

- General News
Carbon Robotics, a leader in AI-powered robotics, today announced it closed $30 million in Series C financing from new lead investor Sozo Ventures along with existing investors Anthos Capital, Fuse Venture Capital, Ignition Partners, Liquid2 and Voyager Capital.

Robot Rules: A Future of Change

- Produce Blueprints
In discussing what the future holds for robotics in the produce field, Mark DeSantis is CEO of Pittsburgh, PA-based Bloomfield Robotics, sees changes ranging far and wide, from labor costs to shipping times to safety and quality improvements at point of purchase.

Robot Rules: Costs, Risks, Opportunities

- Produce Blueprints
With a technology as potentially disruptive to the produce industry as robotics, our experts advise growers to weigh the potential costs and risks before deciding it’s the right move for them.

Robot Rules: Growers and Fields

- Produce Blueprints
It’s in the field that our experts see the most potential for game-changing developments in robotics, and they were all forthcoming about how the technology can improve production from alleviating the labor crunch to better-quality harvests and less product loss.

Robot Rules: Pickers and Packers

- Produce Blueprints
It was once felt that robots were too heavy-handed and imprecise to be of benefit to packers and shippers. That was generations ago.