There have been automated picking machines for almost everything for years, mostly with purely mechanical systems.  All the big field crops were mechanized decades ago.  Blueberry picking machines have been around for decades. They require flat ground and neat plant rows, though.<p>Automated strawberry picking is still hard, but Agrobot makes a robotic strawberry picking machine.[1] This is an vision-guided multi-arm robot system, which is rare in agriculture.  These more complex machines are still marginal economically, but the electronics can only get cheaper.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;video&#x2F;agrobot-automates-the-work-of-berry-harvesting&#x2F;D07A91E8-C453-4652-8ECE-2229FB862F6E.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;video&#x2F;agrobot-automates-the-work-of-berry...</a>