The system’s work breakdown structure (WBS) in Fig 1 has three layers, by which the level of detail increases. The first level is the implementation of the Vertical Farming Automation system. The second level has six major works: four subsystems development, one system integration, and project management. The third level for subsystems mainly consists of software development for perception, manipulation, navigation; hardware development for customized tools; unit test; and subsystem integration and testing. Systems integration includes environment setup, which replicates a section of tomato vertical farm, robot stack for system integration, teleoperation to cope with an emergency by setting conditions for a manual override, user interface, and validation. Finally, project management oversees three main areas: systems engineering, time and material management, and risk management. The primary purpose of project management is to ensure project deliverables satisfying the performance requirement are conveyed at each milestone provided that careful risk monitoring and timely procurement are preceded.