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Sr. Robotics Software Engineer
4AG Robotics
CA$140–195K / year · Salmon Arm, British Columbia, CA
4AG Robotics builds autonomous vision-guided robots for mushroom picking, trimming, and packing, deployed on existing farm shelving across three continents.
4AG Robotics develops fully autonomous, vision-guided robots for mushroom harvesting. The systems automate picking, trimming, and packing, and are designed to retrofit onto farms' existing shelving infrastructure without requiring modifications. The core technical stack spans robotics, computer vision, and AI to handle the perception and manipulation challenges specific to mushroom crops.
The company has moved beyond the lab, with commercial deployments running across three continents. The approach prioritizes integration with current farm layouts, reducing the barrier to adoption for growers looking to automate operations.
The technical domains - robotics, computer vision, artificial intelligence, and automation - converge on a specific agricultural vertical: mushroom farming. This is a niche with distinct constraints, including delicate product handling, variable growing conditions, and the need for continuous harvesting cycles.