In a major move set to reshape soft-fruit cultivation, Saga Robotics has entered a strategic three-way partnership with Bitwise Agronomy, a specialist in AI-powered crop intelligence, and Chambers Farm, a leading UK soft‑fruit producer.
This alliance unites cutting-edge robotics with data-driven agronomy. Saga Robotics brings its “Thorvald” autonomous platform—celebrated for automating tasks like light-based disease control—together with real-time insights from Bitwise’s AI systems. Chambers Farm offers extensive on-the-ground knowledge and ideal growing environments to test and refine this tech stack.
The vision is straightforward yet profound: marry machine precision, artificial intelligence, and deep agronomic understanding to elevate yield, minimise resource usage, and elevate sustainability across wide swathes of soft-fruit farming.
Set to roll out in the coming seasons, the collaboration will pilot integrated trials on Chambers Farm’s fields. Early-stage objectives include deploying Saga’s robots for tasks like plant maintenance and disease management, while Bitwise’s AI continually refines predictive models for scheduling and crop health analysis.
If successful, this initiative could signal a shift away from manual-intensive horticulture, showing a future in which robots and AI shoulder the burden of routine yet critical work—leaving human hands free for strategic farm decisions.
With Saga Robotics scaling its robotic service model nationally, this trio’s alliance represents a bold step toward smarter, more sustainable soft‑fruit farming in the UK and beyond.
