Global Harvesting Robots Market – Industry Trends and Forecast to 2030

Harvesting Robots Market Analysis and Size

As per the data of UN, the global population will surge from around 7.3 billion in 2020 to approx. 9.7 billion in 2050. Hence, to keep up the increasing demand, farmers are bound to adopt latest and advanced innovations in their agricultural process. From drones to harvesting robots, the agri-tech industry is anticipated to grow exponentially during the forecast period. Harvesting is one of the most popular robotic applications in agriculture owing to the speed and accuracy that robots can achieve to reduce waste from crops being left in the field and increase the size of yield. As a result of this, the demand for the harvesting robots increases which will enhance the market growth.

Data Bridge Market Research analyses that the harvesting robots market is expected to reach USD 1451.84 million by 2030, which is USD 653.16 million in 2022, registering a CAGR of 10.50% during the forecast period of 2023 to 2030. In addition to the insights on market scenarios such as market value, growth rate, segmentation, geographical coverage, and major players, the market reports curated by the Data Bridge Market Research also include in-depth expert analysis, geographically represented company-wise production and capacity, network layouts of distributors and partners, detailed and updated price trend analysis and deficit analysis of supply chain and demand.

Harvesting Robots Market Scope and Segmentation

Market Definition

Harvesting is the method of removing crop from where it was growing. Few tree fruit and root crops can be left in the field and harvested as required. Harvesting robots are used on the farm that define the plant’s location, and the size of vegetables and fruit. This robot uses computer vision algorithms to locate and detect fruits and grains.

Harvesting Robots Market Dynamics

Drivers

• Increasing demand of harvesting robots for fruit and vegetable harvesting

Fruit and vegetable harvesting is the method of harvesting vegetables, fruits, flowers, and many other from growing crops using human labour or technology which helps extend their shelf life by preventing post-production damage. The use of harvesting robots for fruit and vegetable harvesting can surge the production capacity and quality products owing to decreased various manual tasks such as pruning vines, beheading apples before storage amongst others which enable farmers to not only save their time than traditional farming practices that require hiring extra workers. Therefore, increasing demand for harvesting robots for fruit and vegetable harvesting will likely boost the market growth.

• Surging product launches by major market players

The surging product launches by market players is expected to drive the market growth in this market. For instance, Future Acres, has launched its first robot named Carry, with plans to tackle grape picking in 2021. Carry relies on AI technology to transport hand-picked crops. Hence, decreasing the challenges of labour shortages and launching new products into the market as per the farmer's needs are driving the growth of the market.

Opportunities

• Rising awareness regarding smart agriculture among farmers

Smart agriculture is the usage of technologies such as robots, location systems, sensors, the internet of things, and artificial intelligence on a farm. Progressively increasing awareness regarding the smart agriculture among farmers is rising the adoption of robots, such as harvesting robots. Using harvesting robots in the smart agriculture enhances the food production and also improves the quality food. Advanced farming technology proves an important part of the farmer's daily work. This is expected to create immense opportunities for the market growth.

• Emergence of  harvesting robots

Companies have started constructing harvesting robots that complete various tasks and minimize human work. The major concern over harvesting robots is the harvesting of soft crops such as strawberries. These crops can be damaged easily or missed entirely. As a result of these concerns, progress in this area is being made. For instance, The Harvest Crop Robotics, Florida-based company, has recently tested one of their strawberry pickers. This robot takes only 3 days to pick a 25-acre field, which replaces a crew of approximately 30 farm workers. This development is being made in harvesting apples, grapes and other crops. Thus, emerging launches associated with harvesting robots will generate lucrative opportunities for the market growth.

Restraints/ Challenges

• Multiple issues associated with harvesting robots market

High expense of automation for small farms (10–1,000 acres) will act as major restraint factor which may hamper the growth of the harvesting robots market during the forecast period. Furthermore, the high cost and complication associated with fully autonomous robots will act as the biggest and foremost challenges for the growth of the harvesting robots market.

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Global Harvesting Robots Market Scope

The harvesting robots market is segmented on the basis of type, robot type, farming environment, farm produce and application. The growth amongst these segments will help you analyze meagre growth segments in the industries and provide the users with a valuable market overview and market insights to help them make strategic decisions for identifying core market applications.

Type

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
• Milking Robots
• Driverless Tractors
• Automated Harvesting Systems
• Other Robots

Robot Type

• Semi-Autonomous
• Fully-Autonomous

 Farming Environment

• Indoor
• Outdoor

 Farm Produce

• Fruits and Vegetables
• Leafy Vegetables
• Pumpkin
• Lettuce
• Cabbage
• Others

Fruit Vegetables

• Tomato
• Cucumber
• Okra
• Others

Seed Vegetables

• Egusi Melon
• Ito Melon
• Others

Root Vegetables

• Sweet Potato
• Irish Potato
• Carrot
• Raddish
• Others
• Field Crops
• Livestock
• Others

Application

• Harvest Management
• Field Farming
• Dairy and Livestock Management
• Irrigation Management
• Pruning Management
• Weather Tracking and Monitoring
• Inventory Management
• Others

Harvesting Robots Market Regional Analysis/Insights

The harvesting robots market is analyzed and market size insights and trends are provided by country, type, robot type, farming environment, farm produce and application as referenced above.

The countries covered in the harvesting robots market report are U.S., Canada and Mexico in North America, Germany, France, U.K., Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Russia, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Rest of Europe in Europe, China, Japan, India, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Rest of Global (APAC) in the Global (APAC), Saudi Arabia, U.A.E, Israel, Egypt, South Africa, Rest of Middle East and Africa (MEA) as a part of Middle East and Africa (MEA), Brazil, Argentina and Rest of South America as part of South America.

North America dominates the harvesting robots market in terms of revenue and market share owing to the increasing penetration of automated farm equipment software in the region in this region. Moreover, increasing demand for harvesting robots among various farmers will further boost the market growth in this region.

Asia-pacific is anticipated to be the fastest growing region in harvesting robots market during the forecast period of 2023-2030 because of gradually increasing demand for automation and increasing adoption of advanced technologies, such as harvesting robots in nations such as China, Japan, India, and Australia, among others.

The country section of the report also provides individual market impacting factors and changes in market regulation that impact the current and future trends of the market. Data points like down-stream and upstream value chain analysis, technical trends and porter's five forces analysis, case studies are some of the pointers used to forecast the market scenario for individual countries. Also, the presence and availability of global brands and their challenges faced due to large or scarce competition from local and domestic brands, impact of domestic tariffs and trade routes are considered while providing forecast analysis of the country data.   

Competitive Landscape and Harvesting Robots Market Share Analysis

The harvesting robots market competitive landscape provides details by competitor. Details included are company overview, company financials, revenue generated, market potential, investment in research and development, new market initiatives, global presence, production sites and facilities, production capacities, company strengths and weaknesses, product launch, product width and breadth, application dominance. The above data points provided are only related to the companies' focus related to harvesting robots market.

Some of the major players operating in the harvesting robots market are:

• Clearpath Robotics Inc. (U.S.)
• AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc. (U.S.)
• Trimble Inc. (U.S.)
• Deere & Company. (U.S.)
• AgJunction (Canada)
• DeLaval (Sweden)
• Abundant Robots (U.S.)
• Grownetics, Inc. (U.S.)
• Auroras s.r.l. (Italy)
• GAMAYA (Switzerland)
• YANMAR HOLDINGS CO., LTD (Japan)
• Kubota Agricultural Machinery India Pvt. Ltd. (India)
• AGCO Corporation (U.S.)
• Harvest Automation (U.S.)
• Harvest CROO Robotics LLC. (U.S.)

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