Organifarms

🍓🎥 Exciting video release: Our new video takes you through the strawberry harvesting process with BERRY! With our plug & play technology, BERRY can be operated by anyone. With his high level of autonomy, BERRY navigates and exchanges rows autonomously. He stores up to four crates of fruit and lets you know when a crate exchange is required. Follow us to learn more about the game-changing potential of BERRY, the ultimate solution for greenhouse strawberry cultivation.

Meet the newest addition to our team 🦾 We are very excited to introduce our newest team member Marvin. He is joining us as a Robotics Engineer, responsible for path planning and navigation of our robot. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Konstanz, where he gained extensive knowledge and experience in robotics. About joining Organifarms he says: "While looking for a job in robotics I found Organifarms, a company that offers both purposeful and interesting work in a team which is outstanding in its field. I especially enjoy the working atmosphere which is both relaxed and very focussed on solving the task at hand of bringing automation to challenging agricultural applications". Welcome Marvin - we are happy to have you on our team! 🎉

How BERRY adapts to different infrastructures ✔️ BERRY has been very busy picking strawberries this summer. To meet the diverse needs of our customers, BERRY comes in two specialized versions that are designed to adapt to different greenhouse infrastructures: ▪️ The slim BERRY - Optimized for greenhouses with piperails ranging from 42 to 60 cm, this version is ideal for setups where the piperails are placed inbetween the gutters ▪️ The wide BERRY - Tailored for greenhouses with piperails ranging from 100 to 118 cm, this version enables the operation in greenhouses where piperails are placed underneath each gutter With these two configurations, BERRY ensures seamless integration into a wide variety of greenhouse environments, allowing more growers to benefit from autonomous harvesting, no matter the infrastructure.

Meet our new team member Dustin 🎉 Dustin has joined our team as a software engineer. He is spezialised in computer vision, making sure BERRY always knows which fruit to pick. With deep knowledge in his field, he is a great addition to our growing team. About joining Organifarms he says: "Working at Organifarms offers me the unique opportunity to work on pioneering technologies in the agricultural domain. Here I experience team spirit in a great and intelligent team, where I can learn something new every day". We are happy to have you on board! 🚢

Summer Update: Harvesting success with BERRY! 🍓🤖 As summer is slowly coming to an end, we’re excited to share some updates on BERRY! This season has been a game-changer for us, as we’ve continued refining our technology and achieving significant milestones in both performance and efficiency. 🌟 What we’ve accomplished: ✨ Enhanced Precision: We were able to increase our accuracy by 24%, minimizing waste and ensuring only the best berries are harvested. ✨ Increased Efficiency: We’ve optimized harvesting speed, doubling the output of picked strawberries! ✨ Adaptability: BERRY successfully operated in diverse conditions, adapting to varying infrastructures and strawberry varieties. We are looking forward to our next steps and will keep you updated on our developments! #AgTech #Robotics #StrawberryHarvest #Innovation #AI

❓ Wusstest du, dass Gründerinnen und Gründer sich aktiv in den Vorständen der Bitkom Arbeitskreise engagieren können ❓   "Im Vorstand diskutieren wir aktuelle Themen, planen die Arbeitskreissitzungen und identifizieren Handlungsbedarfe. In den AK Sitzungen tauschen wir uns dann mit Vertreterinnen und Vertretern aus der Praxis, Politik, Wissenschaft und Zivilgesellschaft über diese Ziele aus und entwickeln Lösungen", erklärt Hannah Brown, CMO und Co-Gründerin von Organifarms.   Hannah ist seit 2022 im Vorstand des AK Landwirtschaft tätig. Der Fokus: die Digitalisierung in der Landwirtschaft voranzutreiben. "Mit digitalen Innovationen können Ressourcen effizienter eingesetzt werden und landwirtschaftliche Produkte nachhaltiger hergestellt werden", so Hannah. "Unser Ziel ist es, diesen Wandel zu unterstützen und die notwendigen Rahmenbedingungen zu schaffen." Warum sollten sich insbesondere Startups engagieren? Die Perspektive von Gründerinnen und Gründern bringt nicht nur frische Ideen und innovative Ansätze in die Arbeitskreise ein, sondern ermöglicht auch eine regelmäßige Zusammenarbeit auf Augenhöhe mit etablierten Unternehmen. Dieser Austausch fördert nicht nur deine eigene Sichtweise, sondern auch die Weiterentwicklung der Branche insgesamt.   "Die Arbeit im Vorstand bietet die Chance, sich an wichtigen Entscheidungen zu beteiligen, die die Zukunft prägen. Nur durch aktive Teilnahme am Diskurs können wir unsere Interessen als Startup einbringen und sicherstellen, dass sie berücksichtigt werden." Von Landwirtschaft über Datenschutz zu AI, Mobilität und digitale Verwaltung - im Bitkom gibt es mehr als 100 Arbeitskreise. Du möchtest dich in einem oder mehreren AKs einbringen? Melde dich bei uns! 🤝 #bitkomstartups #getstarted Bitkom #bitkom

Introducing another addition to our growing team: Meet David 🎉 David joined us as a Mechatronics Engineer. He is responsible for the development of electronic and mechatronic components for our harvesting robot and integrating them into the robot’s software. David has a background in mechatronics engineering and brings multiple years of experience as a project and design engineer in electrical and mechanical design as well as robotics. About joining Organifarms he says: "The team at Organifarms are incredibly hardworking, intelligent, and at the cutting edge of their respective fields. I learn something new every day". We are happy that you are part of our team! 🙌

#BERRY featured in the WDR report "Our life with AI: How artificial intelligence is revolutionizing our work" 🎬 🤖 Our intelligent harvesting robot BERRY is shown as an example of how the use of #AI opens up new possibilities and can solve important problems. BERRY helps strawberry growers, who are struggling with labor shortages and rising costs, by autonomously harvesting the ripe fruit and placing them directly in the sales punnets. Robotics and AI not only play an important role in dealing with labor shortages, but can also help to use resources more efficiently, save costs, and operate more sustainably - not only in agriculture but in various industries. We are very excited about BERRY's first TV appearance and are looking forward to many more to come!

Organifarms at the meeting place for horticulture technology 🍓 This week, the Organifarms team spent three days at GreenTech Amsterdam. There we got to show BERRY to interested visitors, meet contacts from the industry and check out the newest developments in the sector. We had a great time at the exhibition and are looking forward to next year!

We are happy to introduce another new team member 🎊 Meet Puja Maharjan! Puja has joined us as a Data Scientist. She is responsible for the development of algorithms, architectures and web services to manage, process and display data from our harvesting robots. She has a Masters degree in Computer and Information Science from the University of Konstanz and brings experience in software engineering and data science. About joining the team she says: "I enjoy working in research and development while solving real-world problems. It's fascinating to explore and learn about new domains". We are very happy to have you on board!