YC-backed Four Growers builds robots to help solve greenhouse labor shortages | TechCrunch
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We actually started just running everything off a laptop, and I would be there in the row coding. [Chi] would be making changes mechanically... it was a very fun time just living at the farm basically.
We were actually cold calling a bunch of different greenhouse farmers. We were really asking them about all their challenges, and we always heard that labor was the number one pain point for them.
The robots are programmed to identify produce at the right level of ripeness... help maneuver the robot's arms around nonripe fruit on the vine.
Having enough labor to harvest crops is crucial because if crops can't be harvested when they are ready, they rot and result in lost profits for the farm.
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