Harvest Automation Robot Market

Global Harvest Automation Robot Market Size (2022 - 2027)

The Global Harvest Automation Robot Market was worth US$ 640.5 million in 2021, it is estimated to reach a valuation of US$ 765.4 million in 2022 and US$ 1865.2 million by the end of 2027, expanding at an annual growth rate of 19.5% between 2022 and 2027.

The automated harvest robot is the robot that is used in agriculture in order to harvest the crops. The agricultural Robots are also called as an agribot or agbot. This robot is automated and is helpful for farming.

The Harvest automation robots are knee-high, wheeled machines. Each robot has a gripper for grasping pots, a deck for carrying pots and an array of sensors to keep the track where it is and what’s around it and other agricultural data. These robots are fully or semi automated and can be applicable for outdoor and for indoor harvesting such as green house crops. It helps the farmers to raise the crops efficiency and also reduce need the manual labor to the farmers, thus save the cost. Presently the robots are used for picking fruits, arranging rows of small plants etc but in coming years it can be used for tilling, sowing, harvesting and other farm works. Even the weeding (control of pests and diseases will be taken care by these agricultural robots. Owing the benefits of these harvest automation robots is fueling the growth of the market in the period between 2022 and 2027

Market Drivers:

The driving force of the Harvest Automation Robot Market is raising demand of the smart farming and intelligent agricultural equipment. The conventional farming is costlier as it is labor intensive affair and due to labor crisis, many countries around the globe are demanding harvest automation robots in order to overcome with this challenge.

The farmers in North America is adopting smart and intelligent agricultural equipments in order to grow effectively and efficiently and also the high spending power of the farmers is driving the growth of the automated harvest robots. Additionally, the increasing awareness of benefits of the smart and advanced farming techniques among the farmers of the developing and developed nations across the globe is fueling the demand of the harvest automation robots in the market.

Furthermore, the growing demand of the food security with the growing population is increasing the demand of the harvest automation robots to meet the rising demand of the food as these automated harvesting robots are much effective and efficient which helps in yielding large crops at a time. These robots not only help in cultivation of the crops but also monitor and collect feasible data for the crop growth. The key players are investing on Research and Development of more advanced features harvesting robots is driving the growth of the Harvest Automation Robots during the forecast period between 2022 and 2027.

Market Restraints:

Though the harvest automation is beneficial for farmers but there are some challenges such as high adoption cost of the harvesting robots presents a huge barrier to entry for farmers, especially in developing countries. Moreover, the technical breakdown also represents the high cost to fix such problems for such specialized equipments are the factors which restraints the growth of the market.

GLOBAL HARVEST AUTOMATION ROBOT MARKET REPORT COVERAGE:

Market Segmentation:

Global Harvest Automation Robot Market - By Type:

• Fully Autonomous
• Semi-Autonomous

Based on type, the Global Harvest Automated Robot Market is segmented into fully autonomous and semi-autonomous. The fully automated is estimated to hold the significant market share during this period owing to the increasing demand of the fully automated harvest robots. However, the cost of the fully automated solutions is high as compared to semi automated. The demand of the agricultural products is rapidly growing but the labor crisis is limiting the agriculture sector. Therefore, the demand of the fully automated harvest automated robots will increase in the near future.

Global Harvest Automation Robot Market - By Harvest Type:

• Fruit Harvesting
• Vegetable Harvesting
• Grain
• Other

Based on Harvest Type, the Global Harvest Automated Robot Market is segmented into Fruit Harvesting, Vegetable Harvesting, Grain, Other. Fruit harvesting segment is expected to grow at the fastest rate of 20.7% owing to the rising demand for fruits for businesses such as syrups, juices, and jellies, among others. The intelligent fruit harvesting is becoming renewed area of research in the recent years. Due to increasing demand for better solutions for selective automated fruit harvesting, companies are increasing their interest in this segment and putting their continuous efforts in bringing new solutions into the market which further boosts the growth of the harvest automated robot market in near future.

Global Harvest Automation Robot Market - By Application:

• Outdoor
• Greenhouse

Based on Application, the Global Harvest Automated Robot Market is segmented into Outdoor and Greenhouse. The outdoor segment is dominating the market owing to the widespread outdoor agriculture sector. The Greenhouse segment is anticipated to grow at the fastest rate due to increasing setup of the greenhouse around the globe. Also the increasing number of companies in designing the indoor harvest automation robot in order to monitor indoor crops such as green house.

Regional Analysis:

1. North America
2. Europe
3. Asia-Pacific
4. RoW (Rest of the World) 

North America has accounted the largest market share of the global harvest automation robot market due to rising area under the cultivation of fruits and vegetables in this region. The population in this region is highly focused on the health thus the demand of the fruits and vegetable is high due to which the demand of the automated harvesting robot is increasing in order to meet the rising demand. Moreover, the huge adoption of advance farming technologies is driving the growth of the market. The spending power of the farmers is high in this region which will lead to increase the demand of the harvest automated robot in this region during the forecast period.

Asia-Pacific is expected to hold the highest growth rate during the forecast period due to rising labor cost and reducing number of people which is engaged in agriculture which is leading the demand of the automated harvest robots in the market. Moreover, the increasing need of the food by the increasing population needs faster, advance and error free agriculture in order to meet food demand. Also, the government of various countries in this region is taking important initiative for digitalization of the agriculture in order to have healthy crops. Researchers are also engaged in providing long term and low-tech alternative in term of mechanism and automation of agriculture in an efficient way is driving the growth of the market in the forecast period.

Europe also shows the steady growth in this period owing to the increasing labor crisis and increasing adoption of robust technology in this region.

In Middle East & Africa region, Saudi Arabia is going to the largest market of harvest automation robot due to large set of green house which will increase the demand of indoor automated robots.

In Latin America, the Brazil holds the highest market share of this market because agriculture sector represent more than 4 percent of the value added to Brazil’s gross domestic product. Argentina is going to account the largest market of the automated harvest robot for fruit harvesting will boost the growth of harvest automation robots in the market.

Leading Company:

Agrobot had the largest share of the world’s harvest automation robot market in terms of sales revenue.

Key Players:

Some of the leading companies operating in the Global Harvest Automation Robot Market are 

• Agrobot
• Dogtooth Technologies Limited
• FFRobotics
• Green Robot Machinery Pvt. Ltd.
• Harvest Automation Inc
• HARVEST CROO
• CERESCON B.V.,
• Energid Technologies Corporation
• Four Growers
• Metomotion

COVID-19 Impact on Global Harvest Automation Robot Market: 

The Global Harvest Automation Robot Market has been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. COVID-19 has greatly affected the agriculture sector due to shortage of labor, farmers has faced many problems such as deterioration of crops, a stockpile up of crops and disruption of the supply chain. The disrupted supply chain has led to the economic loss of the farmers that directly led to decline the demand of the automated harvest robots due to economic loss. On the other hand, due to pandemic restricts and protocols, global factories have struggled a lot to assimilate the harvest robots due to unavailability of work force, which has disrupted supply chain of automated harvest robots that further affected the market. But the economy and industries is recovery in a fast pace, therefore it is expected that the demand of the harvest automation market will increase in order to overcome labor crisis challenge.

Recent Developments:

• In Feb 2022, Abundant Robots (a startup automating the apple harvesting process to deliver high quality produce to consumer) has launched to raise up to $20 million in seed capital through equity crowdfunding site WAX. The launch would come just weeks after the corporate innovation studio and startup incubator Wavemaker Labs Asia that has purchased Abundants intellectual property in order to bring intelligent automated solutions into the market in order to help farmers to further streamline the harvest process.
• In Aril 2021, App Harvest Inc. (a leading AgTech company and Certified b group Corp) has acquired Root AI. The acquisition of AI and its robotics universal harvester, Virgo is likely to provide AppHarvest with a baseline of harvesting support working along with crop care specialist that focused on more complex tasks.