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FFRobotics

Corporate marketagricultureCurated record
ffrobotics.com

The FFRobot combines advanced image processing and AI-based fruit detection with ROS-based robotic control to identify usable fruit, reject damaged or unripe produce, and pick without bruising. The self-propelled platform carries 12 telescoping arms (six per side) with three-fingered grippers that emulate the human hand-picking motion, delivering fruit by conveyor to bins in the orchard. Development of the autonomy stack was part-funded by the EU Horizon 2020 ROBOHARVEST project (grant 954038).

HeadquartersEmek Hefer, IL
Founded2014
Corporate funding$2M
TeamNot listed
Deployments1
Open roles0
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StageGrant-funded (EU EIC SME Instrument Phase 2, 2020); earlier rounds undisclosed
FoundersAvi Kahani (Co-Founder & CEO), Yoav Koster (Co-Founder & CTO), Gad Kober (Co-Founder)
Regions servedNorth America, Middle East, Europe
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-21
XNot listed
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machineagriculture

FFRobot

  • 12 robotic picking arms, six per side, on a self-propelled orchard platform

    Arms adjust to row widths; three-pronged grippers pick apples and deposit them onto conveyors leading to bins

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  • Picks up to 10 times more usable fruit than an average human picker

    Company productivity claim combining picking speed with computer-vision grading that rejects damaged, diseased and unripe fruit

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  • Peak pick rates of 1,000 apples per hour in commercial trials

    Reported peak rate during commercial trials on Fuji, WA 38 and Gala varieties in Columbia Basin, Washington orchards

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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2024-01-18Stemilt Growerscommercial orchard (custom harvest contract)USNot disclosedAnnouncement
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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2024-01-18Good Fruit Grower reports FFRobotics' 2022 Stemilt Growers custom harvest contract and 2023 operations in Israeli orchards, with a service-based commercial modelGood Fruit Grower
2022-04-12CEO Avi Kahani declares the 12-arm FFRobot ready for commercial use ahead of a planned limited-scale commercial apple harvest in WashingtonCapital Press
2020-07-01Awarded EU Horizon 2020 EIC SME Instrument Phase 2 grant (EUR 2.15M) for the ROBOHARVEST project to commercialize the FFRobotEuropean Commission CORDIS
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Source ledger

5 unique public sources

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ROBOHARVEST — Robotic Fruit Tree Harvester (EU contribution EUR 2,149,878, H2020 SME Instrument Phase 2)European Commission CORDIS · retrieved 2026-07-21
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Race to robotic apple harvest in 'pivotal year'Capital Press
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FFRobotics — The Future of Fresh Fruit HarvestFFRobotics
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Apple-harvesting robot roundup — VideoGood Fruit Grower
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Automation advancements in apple harvesting — Video (FFRobotics picked Fuji, WA 38 and Gala in 2022 under a custom harvest contract for Stemilt Growers)Good Fruit Grower · retrieved 2026-07-21