A Japanese agricultural technology startup has started using a robot for harvesting cherry tomatoes in routine production.

2026-06-01 00:00

Tokuiten Inc., a Japanese agricultural technology company, has announced that its proprietary suction-type cherry tomato harvesting robot has completed the pilot phase and is now in full production use at the company's 2,000 m² organic JAS-certified cherry tomato farm in Chita city, Aichi Prefecture.

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