The Future of Mushroom Harvesting

Fully automated picking systems that enhance productivity, reduce labor dependency, and ensure gentle handling.

The Problem

Mushroom farming is one of the most labor-intensive forms of agriculture. Farms worldwide face chronic worker shortages, high turnover, and rising wages. Harvesting requires skilled pickers working quickly and delicately to meet strict retail quality standards in demanding environments.

At the same time, costs for labor, energy, and inputs continue to rise faster than mushroom prices, squeezing already thin margins. With crops growing around the clock, industry turnover of +40% and labor gaps reaching up to 20%, growers risk lost yield and inconsistent quality.

To stay competitive, farms must adopt automation that delivers consistent harvesting, reduces labor dependence, and protects profitability.

Our Vision

Mycionics is building the future of mushroom farming through modular vision and robotics systems. Our technology combines real-time crop intelligence with advanced robotics to help growers harvest with precision, consistency, and efficiency.

By reducing dependence on scarce labor while optimizing yield, quality, and timing, we help farmers be more predictable and profitable.

Our vision is to be the global leader in harvesting intelligence and automation—empowering growers to increase margins, modernize their farms, strengthen supply chains, and deliver high-quality, affordable food to feed the world.

The Mycionics Advantage

Quality Optimizer

Human-like grip

Zero bruising

80 picks/min

Precision handling

30–80 mm range

Our system ensures pristine product quality with a custom-engineered robotic gripper that mimics the human hand. Outfitted with soft "flesh" and precise force feedback, the gripper executes calculated pivoting and twisting motions to cleanly extract both white and brown mushrooms (30mm to 80mm). Operating continuously at 80 picks per minute per pair, this patented "human-like" touch passes rigorous cooler tests with zero bruising.

Safety Guardian

Zero contamination

Wash-down safe

Nitrile glove system

Full traceability

No exposed lubricants

We reduce food-safety risks by enclosing our robotics in fully wash-down tolerant, steamable housings that operate without exposed lubricants. Unlike vacuum systems that ingest compost and spores, our robotic fingers eliminate cross-contamination by wearing the exact same replaceable nitrile gloves used by human harvesters. Furthermore, our 3D scanning provides unparalleled traceability by actively digitizing each mushroom from the 4-mm "pin" to packaging.

Strategic Analyst

AI crop monitoring

3D vision scan

Real-time insights

5-day forecasting

+5–10% yield

Creating a complete digital twin, our 3D vision and AI scans the growing bed at 10 meters per minute to track the precise geometry and mass of your crop. The AI monitors biological indicators, like cap flattening, to ensure you "always pick the right mushroom at the right time" before quality degrades. This real-time intelligence empowers growers with 5-day yield forecasting and guided harvesting that boosts bottom-line yields by an average of 5% to 10% (and up to 18%) adding tonnes per year of fresh mushrooms to each bed!

Hybrid Labor Solution

75% automation

Human + AI model

-50% labor need

2-year payback

Focus on quality tasks

We solve chronic labor shortages by recognizing that automating 100% of a farm's work is inefficient and overly complex. Instead, our hybrid-native model automates up to 75% of the bulk harvesting on modern drawer systems andreduces required labor by 50% on traditional shelf farms. Free up human workers to focus on high-value tasks like crop separation and quality management, delivering a cost-effective return on investment with as-low-as 2 year payback!

Vineland announces mushroom harvesting technology transfer to Canadian-based Mycionics

The move comes at a time when the horticulture industry looks to accelerate its automation efforts to benefit Canadian growers.

The benefits of hybrid harvesting - Mycionics

What happens when humans and robots harvest side by side? Not in theory, but in the real, high-pressure reality of mushroom farms, with variable growth, peak flushes, labour shortages and razor-thin margins.

Should You Automate Mushroom Farming?

A interesting chat with Ryan McCartney of Mycionics Inc. Interviewed by Niranjan Minase, CEO – AgTechNews.com & AgRoboNews.com

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