Polly+, the world's first robot successfully replicating buzz pollination
Arugga AI Farming’s pollination technology has been deployed in commercial greenhouses in Australia, Europe and America, showing results as good as and up to 20% higher yield versus manual pollination. Growers witnessed results as good as and up to 5% higher yield than bumblebees.
Equipped with cameras and AI-based computer vision, Polly+ recognizes flowers ready for pollination. The air-pressure mechanism then applies calibrated air pulses to the selected flower.
The App:
A non-contact solution preventing the spread of diseases by bees
Avoids the challenges faced by bees in greenhouses equipped with LED lighting
Enables the use of UV screening to decrease pest stress
One Polly+ enables growers to pollinate one full hectare
One operator can manage a fleet of up to 20 robots
Advanced data collection, including flower-level insights, early pest detection and real-time plant health monitoring
The App:
Louie, plant lowering robot for tomatos & cucumbers
The plant lowering robot optimizes one of greenhouse farming most labor-intensive tasks. Addressed to lower cucumbers and tomato plants, the robot achieves 300 plants per hour, ensuring uniform growth with precise, gentle lowering adjustments. A gentle mechanism enables an adjustable rotation.
The lowering robot has been selected as a finalist to the Greentech 2025 Innovation Concept Award.
Live demonstration of the robot will take place in Dinterlood, the Netherlands on June 12 and 13. Register for details.
Reduces manual labor in tomato and cucumber plants greenhouses
Handles plants up to 10kg
Achieves 300 plants per hour. 2 robots cover 1 hectare
Able to work in shifts of 8 hours. Battery lasts for 17 hours
Includes plant count and plant weight features to optimise yield prediction and plant anomalies detection
Advanced data collection, including flower-level insights, early pest detection and real-time plant health monitoring
Arugga X ViewNetic:
Pest and Disease Detection
By monitoring all plants daily we will provide growers with early information on outbreaks and enable immediate local treatment, although later on this will be provided by the robots themselves. This will serve to reduce costs, losses and the amount of pesticides used.