Automating the hand work fresh food still depends on.
Kitchener, Ontario
Mycionics builds AI robots that automate the hand work fresh food still depends on. They handle fragile, irregular produce at industrial scale and are already at work on commercial mushroom farms. The technology is deployed or on order at six commercial mushroom farm sites in North America and Europe, and is moving to full-farm rollouts. At South Mill Champs, one of North America's largest mushroom farms and the site of the first large-scale robotic mushroom harvesting deployment, the Crop Scout vision system raised yield 7.8% (2026), about one million extra pounds a year at that site, as measured by the grower. Robots work beside the crew, and each farm chooses how many to add. Mushrooms come first for a reason. They bruise at a touch and double in size in a day, and harvest labour is 40 to 50% of a farm's cost. Because they grow indoors year-round, the robots work about 350 days a year. Every scan adds to what Mycionics is building: the largest record of crop growth and harvest in agriculture, which trains the AI behind its perception, grasping and harvest strategy. The same modules apply to other crop handling work across fresh food. Mycionics holds 16 issued and 5 pending patents in North America, Europe and Australia. Founded in 2014 on a working mushroom farm, it designs and builds its systems in Kitchener, Ontario. Its board and advisors include three co-founders of Clearpath Robotics and the co-founder of Miovision.
On-site · Kitchener
Assemble complex robotic systems, including structural frames, linear motion guides, belt drives, and pneumatic components, and install them at domestic and international customer sites. Safely handle heavy equipment, perform precise assembly work, and report build issues or design conflicts to engineering.
On-site · Kitchener
Manage and optimize PostgreSQL databases, build Python-based data processing pipelines, and integrate robot data collection systems with the central database. Define and compute farm performance metrics, and develop dashboards or visualization tools to present results such as yield maps and harvest rates.
On-site · Kitchener
Assemble industrial control boxes, PCB enclosures, and complex wire harnesses, then test and inspect assemblies using bench equipment, multimeters, and oscilloscopes. Interpret schematics and drawings, integrate electrical components into robot structures, and document work orders and test results to maintain traceability.
On-site · Kitchener
Design multilayer PCBs and complete electrical systems, integrating microcontrollers, peripherals, sensors, memory, and motor actuators. Debug and validate hardware using bench instruments, and provide occasional firmware testing and prototype soldering support in collaboration with the software team.
On-site · Kitchener
Develop and maintain low-level firmware and hardware drivers for custom STM32 control boards, integrating sensors, actuators, and peripherals through communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, CAN, and Ethernet. Use FreeRTOS to manage device resources and concurrency, diagnose hardware and software faults with debugging and test equipment, and help migrate legacy STM code to HAL-based libraries.
On-site · Kitchener
Design robotic equipment and mechanical assemblies, including end-effectors, material-handling systems, and related infrastructure, taking concepts through manufacturing. Select actuators, motors, and sensors; create production drawings and bills of materials; validate designs through prototyping; and coordinate with suppliers.
On-site · Kitchener
Develop high-level C++ software clients and contribute to the robotic system's nodal architecture, communication methods, and integration across components, algorithms, and hardware interfaces. Build robust infrastructure for error management, fault recovery, and state handling while applying modular design practices and optimizing performance.
