Harvest Automation

Harvest Automation stumbles with warehouse robot

Frank Tobe 19 Mar 2016

In a Boston Globe story by Scott Kirsner, it was revealed that Harvest Automation's CEO has departed, as have 3/4 of the 30 employees that worked there in 2015. The company is attempting to sell it...

While Amazon doubles its number of warehouse robots to 30K, competing systems emerge

Frank Tobe 02 Nov 2015

Amazon announced that at the end of September they had 30,000 Kiva robots at work in 13 fulfillment centers, effectively doubling the number of Kiva bots that it had in 2014. "Our intent is to use...

Recent robotics transactions

Frank Tobe 09 Feb 2015

New Chinese robotics investment fund; the RIA says 2014 North American robotics set new sales record; marine robotics company gets acquired. These stories and many more … ...

Migration from Mexico to U.S. is tapering off. How does this impact farmers?

Frank Tobe 26 Jun 2014

A recent newsletter from Harvest Automation, the start-up company that produces robots that move potted plants at nurseries and greenhouses, cites two very revealing trends regarding migrant workers....

Harvey: A working robot for container crops

Jospeh Jones 23 Oct 2013

Two robots follow boundary markers on either side of an irrigation pipe. Photo credit: Harvest Automation. In mid-2012, four HV-100 robots from Harvest Automation achieved an elusive milestone in rob...

Former Z Corp. chief executive joins Harvest Automation | Boston.com

John Payne 03 Dec 2012

Harvest Automation, the company building rugged robots that work in commercial nurseries, has recruited a new chief executive from the 3-D printing industry. John Kawola, who'd served as the head of Z...

$160 million for 14 VC-funded robotic companies in 2011

Frank Tobe 03 Mar 2012

By Frank Tobe, editor/publisher, The Robot ReportTravis Deyle, is a postdoc researcher at Duke and a recent PhD from GA Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering where he was a member of th...

$160 million for 14 VC-funded robotic companies in 2011

Frank Tobe 03 Mar 2012

Travis Deyle, is a postdoc researcher at Duke and a recent PhD from GA Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering where he was a member of the Healthcare Robotics Lab and a frequent blogger ...

Lots of robots coming onboard in 2013, 2014 and 2015

Frank Tobe 11 Nov 2011

Pure science is an integral part of robotics and often leads to solutions for strategic needs for an audience of willing buyers. Here are a few examples of that process from companies with products sc...