SPOKANE — Harvesting Washington state’s vast fruit orchards each year requires thousands of farm workers, and many of them work illegally in the United States. That system eventually could change ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Robotic Fruit Pickers Global Strategic Business Report" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global market for robotic fruit pickers is estimated to ...

Strawberries are delicate and hard to harvest—easily bruised and often hidden under a canopy of leaves. This creates ...

With labor shortages leaving a wealth of fruit to rot on trees, farmers around the globe are seeing a glimmer of hope on the horizon as AI-driven robots fly to their rescue. These tech marvels are ...

Farming is undergoing a remarkable transformation thanks to cutting-edge technologies reshaping how fruit is picked and handled. While autonomous drones like Tevel’s Flying Robots are already ...

The airstreams move the leaves for the grippers to reach the strawberry. The picking efficiency of the system was ...

Oregon State University researchers have created an artificial environment that simulates apple trees to collect data on its robot hand, regardless of growing season. This fake apple is attached via a ...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Harvesting Washington state’s vast fruit orchards each year requires thousands of farmworkers, and many of them work illegally in the United States. That system eventually could ...

Fieldwork Robotics – a spinout company from the University of Plymouth in the UK – has announced the successful completion of early field trials of a raspberry-harvesting robot. If commercialized, the ...

An overhead view of Israeli-made FFRobotics prototype apple picker. The eventual system combined with Automated Ag’s Bandit Cub platform likely will look different. Abundant Robotics picking apples ...

The Master X Series Concept is capable of “trimming, weeding, fruit picking, and even pet interaction,” according to NexLawn’s press release. A 3D animated video demo shows the mower throwing a ball ...

A new robot is being developed to efficiently pick raspberries. The robot uses machine learning techniques to identify "supermarket ripe" raspberries via its cameras and sensors. The developers say it ...