Harvest Automation

Autonomous mobile robots for nursery and greenhouse plant handling

Harvest Automation designs and manufactures Harvey (HV-100), a small autonomous mobile robot for nursery and greenhouse facilities. Harvey autonomously locates, transports, and organizes potted plants both indoors and in outdoor fields, following guideline markers in varying light conditions. The robot is built primarily from off-the-shelf components and sells for approximately $30,000 per unit. Founded by Joe Jones, Charles Grinnell, Paul Sandin, and Clara Vu, the company targets large-scale container crop operations seeking to automate labor-intensive plant distribution and collection tasks.