The News

• Spanish startup MiFood has developed a robotic system to harvest fruits and more. The system uses a combination of computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI) to identify plants ready for harvest, along with an articulating arm with snippers and grippers to pluck them.

• The company says its robot systems can help famers overcome labor and environmental issues associated with existing farming methods.

• MiFood’s robot is already working on farms in Spain and Poland, harvesting strawberries, grapes and apples.

The Story

We talk a lot about the labor issues impacting the restaurant and foodservice industry, but more pressing are the global labor shortages impacting the farm and agriculture sectors. I mean, you can’t really run a restaurant if there is no food to serve. This is where robots like those from Spain’s MiFood can help.