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Polybot Truss Tomato Harvester.

Tübingen startup building a fully autonomous truss-tomato greenhouse harvester that learns end-to-end from human demonstrations. First systems targeted for early 2027.

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Fully autonomous greenhouse harvest trained end-to-end from human demonstrations (polybot.eu). Interesting Engineering: arms ride existing grower trolley rails.
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OPERATING NOTES

Official timeline: lab start Jan 2025; first autonomous pick May; full rows December; integrated operational pilot summer 2026; first deliveries early 2027. Homepage: “Fully autonomous truss tomato harvester starting 2027.”

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Company profile

Behind the machine

Polybot

Tübingen startup building a fully autonomous truss-tomato greenhouse harvester that learns end-to-end from human demonstrations. Official address Maria-von-Linden-Str. 2, 72076 Tübingen. Team listed without titles: Martin Kiefel, Maike Kaufman, Claudio Michaelis, Sebastian Blaes. Advisors: Wieland Brendel, Georg Martius.

Headquarters
Tübingen, Germany
Markets
Greenhouse tomatoes · Harvesting
Regions served
Germany

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People

  • Martin Kiefel

    Co-founder

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News & developments

Polybot GmbH (Maria-von-Linden-Str. 2, 72076 Tübingen) is building a fully autonomous truss-tomato harvester for greenhouses. The company website says robots learn harvesting end-to-end from humans rather than hand-coded rules, starting with high-value greenhouse crops and aiming later at more diverse farming.

Official status on polybot.eu: lab development started January 2025; first autonomous greenhouse tomato pick in May; full rows harvested reliably in December; a completely integrated operational pilot planned for summer 2026; first systems to be delivered in early 2027. The homepage headline is “Fully autonomous truss tomato harvester starting 2027.”

The site lists team members Martin Kiefel, Maike Kaufman, Claudio Michaelis, and Sebastian Blaes, and advisors Wieland Brendel and Georg Martius, without job titles. Interesting Engineering’s coverage names Martin Kiefel as co-founder and says the arms ride the trolley rails growers already have.

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