Steve Saunders, Robotics Plus

Steve is a horticultural entrepreneur with a vision of making his industry sustainable by using technology. 12 years ago he met Alistair Scarfe, who he supported to do a PhD in mechatronics, & together they formed Robotics Plus, to design and build technologies that improve quality, productivity and sustainability across food and fibre supply chains solving large global problems. Their first products are a robotic apple packer and an autonomous log scaler.