Harvest Automation :: Autonomous Material Handling Robots for the Nursery, Greenhouse & Horticulture Industries

Harvest Automation is a U.S.-based robotics company specializing in autonomous material handling robots for the nursery, greenhouse, and horticulture industries. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in North Billerica, Massachusetts, the company develops practical, field-proven robotic solutions to address critical labor shortages, rising costs, and efficiency challenges in commercial plant production. Harvest Automation’s robots are designed to work safely alongside human crews in unmodified growing environments (greenhouses, hoop houses, and open nurseries), requiring no special infrastructure, mapping, or extensive programming. The company has deployed hundreds of robots across North America, Europe, and Australia, helping leading growers optimize plant spacing, collection, and overall production workflows.

The flagship product is the HV-100, an advanced autonomous mobile robot specifically engineered for nursery and greenhouse material handling tasks. Key features include:

• High placement accuracy for precise plant spacing and consolidation.
• Ability to handle all common container types and sizes.
• Self-navigating intelligence that adapts to complex, unstructured farm environments.
• Quick-swap rechargeable batteries for continuous 24/7 operation.
• Minimal training and setup requirements — operators can be productive quickly.
• Robust design suitable for all common growing terrains with little to no changes to existing infrastructure.
• Real-time dashboard for productivity monitoring and performance statistics via existing Wi-Fi.
• Extensive documentation and strong customer support for long-term reliability.

The HV-100 automates repetitive, labor-intensive tasks such as spacing plants for optimal growth, consolidating inventory, and moving material between zones. By taking over these physically demanding jobs, it allows human crews to focus on higher-value work, reduces worker fatigue and injury risk, improves plant quality through consistent spacing, and significantly boosts overall productivity. Customers report measurable gains in efficiency and labor savings, with the robots proving reliable in real commercial growing operations since their introduction in 2013.

Harvest Automation continues to refine the HV-100 and explore additional applications in horticulture automation. Its solutions represent a practical, sustainable approach to agricultural robotics, combining cutting-edge mobility with field-tested durability to support the future of commercial plant production.