Harvest CROO Robotics was founded by a strawberry grower and his partner -- a robotic engineer - with the defined taskbeing that of developing a robotic picker. By the Fall 2013, the first strawberry picker prototype had been built built as a proof of concept and to support the needed - and successful - fund raising efforts. In two rounds to date, Investors include eight out of the strawberry ndustry anf five that are not. Patents are applied for.