Stalker espied this little piece on the Canadian robotics firm 4AG.
“4AG Robotics, Salmon Arm Growing mushrooms may seem simple, but harvesting them is more time-intensive than you might think. The crop increases by 4 percent every hour and needs to be picked 365 days of the year—that constant, physically demanding work often results in high turnover rates. With labour shortages putting strain on food systems, one Salmon Arm–based startup is offering a solution.
Meet 4AG Robotics, the first company in the world to use AI-powered, vision-guided robots that harvest, trim and pack mushrooms at commercial scale—working 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The result: consistent mushroom quality, higher yields and predictable supply for mushroom farms globally.
4AG’s robots are directly sold to mushroom farms; the company has deployed them all over North America, Europe and Oceania. Backed by $40 million in Series B financing and grants from PacifiCan and the B.C. Centre for Agritech Innovation, their momentum is steadily growing.”
Certainly the company is highly regarded in the field.
