From Journey to Stage-Level
Hotspot Intelligence.
ClevaCado rides inside standard crates like a real avocado, capturing physical impacts, tumbling, and vibration. We close the accountability gap by showing exactly where fruit damage happens.
Built for an export market where physical handling determines profit.
South African avocado export market value moving 82,000+ tonnes of fruit annually.
Annual volume where physical handling damage compounds silently along the chain.
Working hardware, firmware & data capture tested and verified by our engineering team.
Direct farm interviews confirming supply chain accountability as a repeated critical pain point.
Engineered for Accountability.
Every feature of ClevaCado is designed to eliminate guesswork across post-harvest supply chains without interrupting operational flows.
Fruit-Mimic Form Factor
Engineered to match the exact physical dimensions, mass density, and center-of-mass of a standard Hass avocado. ClevaCado travels seamlessly through automated wash lines, elevators, and sorting bins without causing jams or altering worker behavior.
Tri-Axial Motion Core
High-frequency internal sensors capture impact G-force peaks, rotational tumbling rate, and sustained transportation vibration patterns.
Stage-Level Hotspot Diagnostics
Instead of measuring ambient temperature like standard loggers, ClevaCado pinpoints the exact physical handling transition responsible for fruit quality loss.
On-Site Operational Interventions
We don't just deliver raw data. For early customers, our engineering team walks the packhouse floor to turn hotspot reports into practical transfer-height reductions, dunnage updates, and line speed adjustments.
Sampled Diagnostic Program
Pay for targeted diagnostic runs during harvest cycles rather than purchasing devices for every carton. This keeps deployment lightweight, cost-effective, and fast to operationalize.
Wits Honours Engineering & IP
Designed and prototyped from scratch by Wits Honours Engineering students. Founder-controlled hardware, custom firmware, and proprietary diagnostic software with IP pathway in progress.
Tracing Mechanical Stress Stage by Stage.
Click through each handling milestone to see how ClevaCado transforms raw physical sensor readings into stage-level accountability reports.
OBSERVED MECHANICAL RISK
The single largest damage hotspot. Conveyor transfer drops and optical sorter tumbling crush internal cell structures.
Reduce conveyor drop height by 12cm and adjust optical sorter lane speed.
Real-Time Diagnostic Simulator.
Select timestamps along the diagnostic run to inspect physical impact g-forces and vibration frequencies captured during packhouse transit.
From Theory to Field Validation.
We are not just pitching this problem—we are already engineering the solution.
Proven TRL 3-4 Prototype
- Working hardware & custom firmware built by the team
- Tri-axial impact & vibration data capture verified
- Bio-inert Hass avocado form factor housing tested
Direct Grower Validation
- Four avocado farms confirmed accountability as a core pain point
- Packhouses confirmed willingness to use stage-level reports
- Identified key transfer & sorting hotspots in South Africa
Field Pilots & Deployment
- Deploy ruggedised units across export packhouse runs
- Refine automated stage-alignment reporting software
- Expand pilot partner relationships across SA grower programs
University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) — BSc Electrical & Information Engineering (Honours)
Prize funding to advance from TRL 3 prototype to field pilot deployments: ruggedised diagnostic units, grower pilot runs, and reporting software refinement.