Dogtooth Strawberry Harvesting Robot

Dogtooth Technologies Limited is a Cambridge-based robotics company, registered in England, that has developed commercial robotic harvesting since 2016. It addresses labor shortages in soft-fruit growing.

Its fifth-generation robots pick strawberries on tabletop systems in glasshouses and polytunnels, using computer vision, machine learning and robotic manipulation to judge ripeness and pick without damage. Patented 360-degree imaging assesses each berry, and a web portal gives real-time crop data. Customers include Dyson Farming and Hugh Lowe Farms in the UK, with growers in Australia.

• Strawberry picking: Fifth-generation robots harvest ripe berries without damage.
• Night and multi-shift operation: Harvest continues outside normal labor hours.
• 360-degree imaging: Patented imaging assesses mass, ripeness and defects per berry.
• Yield forecasting: Berries are counted at each maturity stage along the rows.
• Web portal: Real-time crop data and remote adjustment of ripeness and grading settings.

Large strawberry greenhouses in Da Lat or Moc Chau could pilot robotic picking on tabletop systems. Export-oriented berry farms can use per-berry grading data for quality consistency. Greenhouse operators can use yield counts to plan packing.

Robots can pick at night and across multiple shifts, extending harvest hours. They fit standard tabletop infrastructure, so growers need no new growing system. Berry counts at each maturity stage give yield insight, and the web portal allows remote adjustment of ripeness and grading settings.

Soft-fruit growers worldwide struggle with seasonal labor supply, and harvest robots are moving from pilots to commercial deployment. In Vietnam and Thailand, protected-cultivation strawberries in highland areas face similar labor and quality-consistency pressures.

Raised over GBP 14 million in July 2026, including equity from 24 Haymarket, EMV Capital and ACF Investors, Innovate UK grants and a Kineo Finance venture leasing facility. Company No. 09079342; robots harvested commercially on 10 customer sites over 10 seasons.