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Dogtooth Technologies

Corporate marketagricultureCurated record

5th-generation autonomous strawberry and raspberry harvesting robots using patented 360-degree 5-camera imaging for berry ripeness detection and defect assessment (rot, powdery mildew, deformation); stem is clamped and cut with a razor blade, then fruit is graded on-board; autonomous row navigation in glasshouse and polytunnel tabletop growing systems; robots operate up to 16 h/day including night shifts; cloud web portal enables remote fleet management and real-time 7–14 day crop yield forecasting.

HeadquartersMelbourn, GB
Founded2014
Corporate funding$29M
Team11-50
Deployments2
Open roles0
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StageSeries A
FoundersDr Duncan Robertson, Ed Herbert, Mat Cook
Regions servedEurope, Oceania
Countries deployedGB
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machineagriculture

Dogtooth Gen5 Picker

  • 200 kg strawberries harvested per day per robot

    vendor-stated daily harvest throughput per robot unit

    Claim source
  • patented 360-degree 5-camera imaging inspection system

    vendor-stated proprietary vision system for berry ripeness detection and quality grading including rot, powdery mildew, deformation

    Claim source
  • operates up to 16 hours per day including night shifts

    vendor-stated daily operating window in glasshouse/polytunnel environments

    Claim source
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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2025-12-01Dyson Farmingstrawberry farmGBNot disclosedAnnouncement
2025-12-01Hugh Lowe Farmsstrawberry farmGBNot disclosedAnnouncement
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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on record24HaymarketOctopus VenturesLocalGlobeMartlet CapitalAngel CoFundFII InstituteCambridge Angels
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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2025-01-01Commercial launch: first customer-owned 5th-gen robots delivered to UK growers; scaling plan: 200 units (2027), 800 (2028), 4,000 (2029)Martlet Capital
2024-12-20Fifth-generation harvesting robot featured in the Financial Times; robots harvesting 16 h/day at commercial grower sites in UKDogtooth Technologies
2021-11-01Raised £7M Series A led by 24Haymarket, with Octopus Ventures, LocalGlobe, Martlet Capital and Angel CoFundMartlet Capital
2016-01-01Founded in Cambridge area (Melbourn) by Dr Duncan Robertson, Ed Herbert and Mat Cook to build autonomous soft-fruit harvesting robotsDogtooth Technologies
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Source ledger

13 unique public sources