SAMI harvests and analyzes
It automates labor-intensive field work by combining robotics, AI and data analytics. A multifunctional platform that adapts to your crops and turns every pass into useful data.
The problem
Field work can’t wait for the labor to show up
Every season, growers have to work the fields at the right moment with labor that is scarcer and costlier. When the hands aren’t there, quality and yield are at risk.
What if the harvest no longer depended on that?
of farms cannot hire all the workers they need.
Source: Michigan State University
average labor shortfall on those farms.
Source: Michigan State University
of operations employing labor between 2017 and 2022.
Source: USDA, 2022 Census of Agriculture
The Solution
A robot that harvests.
A platform built for more.
Selective harvesting is SAMI’s first application, not its limit. The same robotic platform is designed to support new field applications over time, including weeding, thinning, fertilizing and pest control. One machine, with capabilities that evolve as your needs grow.
Selective harvest
The arms spot and pick each ripe vegetable in under three seconds, only the ones that are ready.
A harvest that becomes data
As it harvests, SAMI analyzes your field and can forecast what will be ready in the coming days.
Day and night
Thanks to its vision and lighting, SAMI runs continuously, including at night, when the harvest window or freshness demands it.
The robotic farmhand
Built for the field, at scale.
Multiple sizes, from 12 to 18 robotic arms working in parallel over any bed configuration. You choose the capacity that fits your operation.
Configuration
Multiple sizes offered: 12 to 18 arms working in parallel over any bed configuration.
No hassle
You start the machine, select the application, and it handles the field work from start to finish.
Field throughput
With a pick rate under 3 seconds per robotic arm, the machine holds its pace as long as the harvest window requires.
Field-tough
Built for real conditions: dust, heat, long hours. SAMI works where crews struggle, without stopping at the first difficulty.
Capacity, weight and throughput shared in detail during a field demonstration.
SAMI skillset
A platform of applications that evolve
The broccoli application is available today. More applications are coming. The same robotic platform, new skills.
Application
Harvesting
Field maintenance
Pest control
Harvesting
Let’s build the next application together
Interested in partnering with SAMI to develop an upcoming application and get early access to it? Leave your info and we will reach out to you.
The credibility
Not a promise. A track record.
Patented technology
Selective robotic harvesting patented in Canada, the United States and Europe. Other patents currently pending include the mobile platform and field tools.
Public funding
Supported by Québec MEIE (Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie) and Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada to develop and deploy selective robotic harvesting in real conditions.
Recognition
Finalist for “Innovator of the Year” 2026 at Québec’s Agtech Grands Prix, recognition from our peers in the agri-food ecosystem.
Commercial harvest
2025 season: broccoli harvested and sold in Québec by SAMI. Not a lab prototype, a commercial harvest, in the field.
Ready to see SAMI in action?
Book a demonstration with our team and see how SAMI can adapt to your reality in the field.
- Demonstrations currently available in California only
- Direct exchange with the technical team
- Detailed capacity and throughput figures
Photo: Reservoir Farms