Tevel Aerobotics

Tevel Aerobotics is an Israeli company that develops autonomous flying robots for fruit harvesting. The company was founded by Yaniv Maor. Tevel's core technology is a tethered drone system designed to pick fruit — primarily apples and other tree fruits — without human labor, addressing the agricultural industry's acute shortage of seasonal harvest workers.

Tevel's primary product is a fleet of tethered autonomous drones that attach to a ground-based power and AI unit and fly alongside orchard rows to identify, pick, and collect ripe fruit. The system uses computer vision and machine learning to distinguish ripe from unripe fruit and to navigate tree canopies. The target buyers are commercial orchard operators, and the company has conducted field deployments in Israel and in the United States. The problem being solved is the chronic unavailability and high cost of hand-picking labor in tree-fruit agriculture.

Tevel operates out of Israel, where its R&D and engineering teams are based. The founders are Israeli. Detailed public information on office locations, headcount, and funding specifics is limited.