# First fleet of Four Growers tomato-harvesting robots goes to work at Dutch grower Westburg

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/first-fleet-of-four-growers-tomato-harvesting-robots-goes-to-work-at-5c17d1a2
Date: 13 Nov 2025
About: [Four Growers](https://technooptimist.io/companies/four-growers.md) · [GR-100 Tomato Harvester](https://technooptimist.io/agriculture/gr-100.md)
Original source: https://www.hortidaily.com/article/9784868/first-fleet-of-tomato-harvesting-robots-operating-in-dutch-greenhouse/

Several Four Growers robots are now harvesting snack, plum and cherry tomatoes at Westburg's greenhouse in the Netherlands. They use a FANUC arm and suction picking, and the grower says the first robot was ready to harvest a week after installation.

## Key facts

- Four Growers says the robots achieve up to 50% labour savings
- A cucumber-harvesting robot that does not use suction is planned for next year

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