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Floating Robotics
ETH Zurich Robotic Systems Lab spin-off (candidate sourcing described it as crane manipulation for construction, but the company's commercial focus is greenhouse automation). Builds harvesting and de-leafing robots for cherry tomatoes in glass greenhouses with pipe rails, combining a robot arm with gripper/shears, cameras, deep-learning vision and parallel processing; night-time autonomous multi-row de-leafing with automatic row changing was added in 2025. Ran a paid pilot in 2024 at Beerstecher AG's greenhouse in Hinwil, supported by Innosuisse, a Gebert Ruf Stiftung grant, an SIP grant and Maxon hardware support; first commercial units marketed from 2025.
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Tomato harvesting robot
- Autonomous harvesting and de-leafing of cherry tomatoes in pipe-rail glass greenhouses
Arm-plus-vision robot riding standard greenhouse pipe tracks, using AI detection of trusses and leaves
Claim source - Autonomous night operation across multiple rows planned for 2025 units
Unattended de-leafing overnight with automatic row changing
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