Cocobot, a coconut-picking robot from a Kozhikode startup, is shown as the eighth Huddle Global closes at Kovalam

14 November 2026

Cocobot, an automated coconut-harvesting robot, was shown at Huddle Global 2026 as the beachside startup festival closed at Kovalam after three days. It was built by AlterSage, a technology startup based in Kozhikode. The founder, Ashin P Krishna, first thought of the idea in 2020 while he was still a higher secondary student, and built the company after finishing his engineering degree. The present version climbs palms as tall as 20 metres within a minute and uses a robotic arm to pull the coconuts off. Its battery fills up in 45 minutes and runs for about an hour and a half, the expected price is around 4 lakh rupees, and farmers buying it will be able to seek agricultural subsidies; the machine is expected to reach the market next year. This was the eighth edition of the festival, which the Kerala Startup Mission runs, and its investment platform, called the Investment Track, brought together 76 venture capital investors and more than 50 angel investors for founders looking for money.