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An automated harvesting system represents agricultural equipment leveraging various technologies to efficiently automate farming operations. These systems offer farmers cost savings on labor while significantly increasing harvesting productivity compared to manual methods.
The key components of an automated harvesting system include energy harvesting transducers, power management integrated circuits (PMIC), and storage systems. Energy harvesting transducers are electronic devices that convert energy from one form to another. They are instrumental in gathering energy from the environment-such as light, heat, or vibration-and utilizing it to power wireless sensor nodes.Technologies embedded within automated harvesting systems encompass light, vibration, radio frequency, thermal, and frequency energy harvesting. These technologies find application across horticulture, greenhouse farming, crop harvesting, and other agricultural domains, contributing to enhanced efficiency and productivity in the farming industry.
Note that the outlook for this market is being affected by rapid changes in trade relations and tariffs globally. The report will be updated prior to delivery to reflect the latest status, including revised forecasts and quantified impact analysis. The report's Recommendations and Conclusions sections will be updated to give strategies for entities dealing with the fast-moving international environment.
Tariffs are impacting the automated harvesting system market by increasing costs of imported sensors, robotic arms, electric actuators, control units, and precision components used in harvesting machines. Horticulture and greenhouse operations in North America and Europe are most affected due to dependence on advanced imported robotics hardware, while Asia-Pacific faces cost pressures in manufacturing and export-oriented production. These tariffs are raising system prices and slowing adoption among small and mid-sized farms. However, they are also encouraging local assembly, regional supplier development, and innovation in cost-optimized automated harvesting solutions.
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The automated harvesting system market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $2.19 billion in 2025 to $2.35 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.0%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to rising agricultural labor shortages, expansion of high-value crop farming, increasing mechanization of harvesting operations, adoption of precision farming techniques, improved reliability of agricultural robotics.
The automated harvesting system market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $3.15 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.6%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing investments in autonomous farming technologies, rising demand for cost-efficient harvesting solutions, expansion of automation in specialty crop harvesting, growing adoption in greenhouse and controlled environments, increasing focus on yield optimization. Major trends in the forecast period include increasing adoption of vision-guided harvesting machines, rising deployment of robotic fruit and vegetable harvesters, growing integration of sensor-based crop detection, expansion of autonomous field operation capabilities, enhanced focus on harvest speed and accuracy.
Rising demand for industrial crops is expected to drive the growth of automated harvesting systems. Industrial crops, such as sugarcane, tea, pepper, and coconut, require processing before use and are not typically consumed directly. Automated harvesting systems remove crops from the vine, using computer vision to detect and assess fruit ripeness before harvesting. These systems improve efficiency and productivity in agriculture. For instance, in June 2024, according to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, a UK-based government department, the total factor productivity of the UK's agriculture industry reached 241 in 2023, up from 235 the previous year, marking a 2.7% increase. Therefore, growing demand for industrial crops is fueling the automated harvesting systems market.
Leading companies in the automated harvesting systems market are developing advanced technologies, such as autonomous robot models, to boost efficiency, lower labor costs, and improve the precision of agricultural harvesting. Autonomous robot models are robotic systems engineered to perform tasks independently without human intervention. For example, in August 2024, Fieldwork Robotics, a UK-based agricultural technology company, introduced the Fieldworker 1, an innovative autonomous robot specifically designed for harvesting soft fruits like strawberries. This robot is equipped with advanced sensors and machine learning algorithms, enabling it to navigate fields, identify ripe fruit, and carefully pick it without harming the plants. Its implementation is aimed at streamlining the harvesting process, significantly reducing labor expenses, and enhancing overall efficiency in agricultural operations.
In April 2023, Bosch BASF Smart Farming, a German agricultural technology company, completed the acquisition of AGCO Corporation for an undisclosed sum. This strategic move aimed to expedite the growth of the farming and harvesting solutions provided by Bosch BASF Smart Farming, leveraging AGCO Corporation's established reputation for delivering high-quality products, ultimately enhancing customer satisfaction. With this acquisition, farmers stand to benefit from a comprehensive solution encompassing tailored agronomic recommendations and dependable documentation, consolidating both offerings within a singular platform. AGCO Corporation, based in the US, specializes in manufacturing agricultural machinery.
Major companies operating in the automated harvesting system market are ABB Ltd., Honeywell International Inc., CNH Industrial N.V., Robert Bosch GmbH, DeepField Robotics (a Bosch startup), Clearpath Robotics Inc., AgEagle Aerial Systems Inc., BouMatic Robotics B.V., Deere & Company, Blue River Technology Inc., Abundant Robotics Inc., Grownetics Inc., YANMAR Holdings Co., Ltd., Kubota Agricultural Machinery India Pvt. Ltd., AGCO Corporation, Trimble Inc., DJI (SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd.), Lely International N.V., DeLaval International AB, Kistler Group (Kistler Holding AG).
North America was the largest region in the automated harvesting system market in 2025. The regions covered in the automated harvesting system market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa
The countries covered in the automated harvesting system market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.
The automated harvesting systems market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing services such as planting, harvesting, automatic watering, seeding, and cutting crops using an automated harvesting system. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The automated harvesting systems market consists of sales of robotic vacuum apple peckers, energetic citrus picking systems, and others. Values in this market are 'factory gate' values, that is, the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.
The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).
The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.
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