FRUIT PICKING ROBOTS MARKET ANALYSIS

Regional Analysis

Global Fruit Picking Robots Market: Regional Insight

On the basis of region, the global fruit picking robots market is segmented into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East & Africa. The North American fruit picking robots market held the highest market share in 2020.  The major factors driving the market in North America include shortage of labor, large scale farming operations, and the need to enhance the agricultural productivity.

Asia Pacific region is estimated to show a significant CAGR in the global fruit picking robots market during the forecast period, owing to the growing agriculture sector in this region. During the COVID-19 pandemic situation, when the workers could not come to work during the lockdown, fruit farms in New Zealand used fruit picking robots to pick kiwi. For instance, Robotics Plus’ fruit picking robots are already being used in the U.S., New Zealand, and Europe. They have been helpful for growers at a time when there was a huge shortage of labour. Robotics Plus offers automated apple-packer, which uses suction to delicately pick up apples from a conveyor, place them in display trays, and orientate them so the side with the best colour faces upwards. It uses a lot of smart vision to recognise the fruit, the style of the trays to use, and to analyse the colour of the apples.