REEST is reinventing mushroom production and harvesting with robotics. Our solution reduces reliance on manual labor and increases high-value harvest yields.
Current Status
Built mushroom picking robot prototype.
Conducted demo on four biggest farms in the US.
Secured seven LOIs from farms around the world.
Problem or Opportunity
Mushroom picking on farms is hard and tedious work.
The quality of harvest depends on pickers skills and many farms suffer from a lack of experienced pickers.
Mushrooms grow 100% in 24 hours, so picking time is very tight. If a farm cant pick mushrooms at the right time they will lose an overgrown harvest.
Solution (product or service)
Automation of mushroom farms by utilizing robots.
The first step is the automation of the picking process.
Robots can work 24/7. Picking the same growing bed several times a day results in a production increase of at least 10%.
We invented a special mushroom gripping tool able to reliably hold mushrooms without damaging them. This tool works much more reliably than any other gripper we tested and makes it possible to build a mushroom picking robot.
