I just fired up Google, said "Ok Google", then asked "Can a robot pick strawberries?" Google echoed what I voiced on the screen and coughed up a result page.
I wound up here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk1Yn0aAURA
Are you worried? I'm not. I like cheap strawberries!
The Cotton Gin had more to do with ending slavery than the Civil War.