CNH agrees to acquire the assets and IP of robotic apple-picker startup Advanced Farm

CNH Industrial (Case IH / New Holland, Raven)/Robotic Apple Harvester

CNH, an early investor in Advanced Farm, agreed to buy the startup's assets and intellectual property and take on most of its technical team. The six-arm, vision-guided apple picker had been piloted by several Washington growers in the 2024 harvest, and CNH plans to keep developing it as part of its robotic-harvesting work.

• Terms were not disclosed
• Most of Advanced Farm's engineers join CNH's technology and innovation teams
• The robot was shown at a FIRA 2024 demo site