The Forager Harvesting Aid combines artificial intelligence, autonomous navigation, and smart design to solve the harvest labour crisis.
Every part of the Forager platform is designed for reliable harvest support, from AI row following and obstacle awareness to in-field refrigeration.
3D cameras feed onboard AI compute for row following, person tracking and obstacle awareness. The platform does not pick fruit.
Grower-adjustable 2-18°C onboard refrigeration starts cooling fruit sooner, supporting quality and reducing heat exposure.
The platform keeps punnets, trays and the workstation with the crew, enabling in-field sorting and removing a major return-to-station bottleneck.
Growers can choose whether to tow suitable equipment or loads as part of their own harvest workflow.
Platform Dimensions
L 2.2m × W 1.05m × H 2.0m
Weight (empty)
450 kg
Navigation System
3D cameras + AI compute
Speed Range
0–4 km/h
Battery Runtime
12-16 hours
Refrigerated Storage
100 × 1.5 kg trays
Refrigeration
2-18°C adjustable
Charge Time
4 hours
Max Payload
500 kg
Tow Hitch
Pintle hitch + 50mm ball
3D cameras and onboard AI read the row in real time. The system separates crop canopy, traversable ground, people and obstacles so the platform can follow the row and stay with the crew.
3D cameras support obstacle detection and automatic stopping. Emergency stops and manual controls give operators ways to stop or take control of the platform.
Keep crop decisions with people while moving more support work onto the platform.
Pick into buckets in the heat and humidity
Fruit can wait in buckets before it reaches sorting, packing and cold storage.
Carry buckets to sorting station
Collect buckets, carry them to the station, then walk back to the row.
Sort berries from buckets into punnets
Spend time hand-picking from buckets into punnets and packing into trays.
Walk back and repeat, while fruit waits for cold storage
Pallets sit in the heat until a refrigerated truck arrives, often hours after picking.
✗ Time spent walking and sorting instead of picking
✗ Multiple handling of delicate fruit
✗ Fruit sits in heat for hours
Platform follows the crew
3D cameras track position while the platform carries the workstation.
Pull berry off the bush, place in punnet. Done.
Touch fruit once. No buckets. Shorter sorting sessions.
Move punnets into onboard refrigeration
Fruit begins cooling sooner at an adjustable 2-18°C, reducing heat exposure.
Keep more time available for picking
Less walking back and shorter sorting sessions keep more time available for picking.
✓ Reduces walking and sorting
✓ Reduces carrying and repeated handling
✓ Lets fruit begin cooling closer to harvest
Even after the 18% platform speed up, weighing and packing still took an additional 20% of the remaining worker time.
Our latest R&D will carve out a large chunk of this additional time.
Forager stays focused on the harvest workflow: following pickers, carrying punnets, reducing double handling and cooling fruit in the row.
Request a Trial to discuss your operation, suitability, timing and platform availability.