The family-driven farm, Ráječek near Brno, tests a new generation of FRAVEBOT robots at this year’s strawberry harvest. Their task was to harvest ripe strawberries and monitor the plants’ and fruit’s health.

The robots are equipped with the SIMATIC S7-1500 controller and other Siemens technologies. The robot’s navigation is simulated and trained in the digital twin in the NVIDIA Isaac environment. AI to detect diseases and pests is trained using the digital twin of plants and fruits in the NVIDIA Omniverse. The FRAVEBOT (Fruit and Vegetable Robot), a robot monitoring and harvesting strawberries, is the result of collaboration between Fravebot (formerly Optisolutions), Siemens, the Ráječek family farm, and many fruit and vegetable growing experts.  The Ráječek farm greenhouses have two FRAVEBOTs: The FRAVEBOT Scout monitors the strawberry plants’ health and ripeness. The FRAVEBOT Harvestor, on the other hand, helps with harvesting.

Autonomous harvesting robot with Siemens technologies