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Brookdale Fruit Farm employees harvest Foxtrot Gala in September 2025. The New Hampshire orchard uses an autonomous Revo Piuma platform. Six workers, two on the machine and four on the ground, pick the apples by hand and place them on the conveyor belts, which fill the bin below. Compared to ladders, the platform speeds picking and reduces fruit bruising, grower Trevor Hardy said. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower)

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