According to an embodiment a gripping apparatus is disclosed to relocate a high-wire hook comprising a pair of opposite loops for wrapping there around a rope； and a pair of suspension hooks, a respective hook located in the proximity of a respective loop, for hanging the high-wire hook on a hanging wire； whereby the high-wire hook is configured to support a high-wire crop in horticulture by hanging the high-wire hook by one of the suspension hooks on the hanging wire； and whereby the rope wrapped around the loops supports an ending of the high-wire crop； and wherein the gripping apparatus comprises a gripping mechanism comprising a protuberance； a robot arm coupled to the gripping mechanism； and a processing unit operatively coupled to the robot arm； and wherein the processing unit actuates the robot arm to insert the protuberance in one of the loops for relocating the high-wire hook.
