Strawberries are delicate and hard to harvest—easily bruised and often hidden under a canopy of leaves. This creates headaches for scientists trying to design robotic harvesters. Now a Washington ...

Cotton is one of the most valuable crops grown in the U.S., with a harvest value of some US$7 billion yearly. It is cultivated across a crescent of 17 states stretching from Virginia to California and ...

To build a “hand” for a robot apple picker, Joe Davidson first had to learn how to pick apples. After all, he was an engineer, not a farmer. “Picking apples seems like a very simple thing to do,” ...

PULLMAN, Wash. -- Strawberries are delicate and hard to harvest—easily bruised and often hidden under a canopy of leaves. This creates headaches for scientists trying to design robotic harvesters. Now ...

KENT COUNTY, MI --Researchers and engineers at Michigan State are turning to technology to help solve the rising production costs of apple harvesting in Michigan. Apples are big for Michigan growers, ...

Tomato vines can look calm from a distance. Up close, they feel like a crowded maze. Fruit hangs in clusters. Stems twist in odd angles. Leaves hide what you need to see. For farmers facing labor ...

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Strawberries are delicate and hard to harvest – easily bruised and often hidden under a canopy of leaves. This creates headaches for scientists trying to design robotic harvesters. Now a Washington ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Flory Industries has added a robot-aided model to the nut harvesters it makes in Salida. The company teamed with Bonsai Robotics ...

Automation and robots are becoming mainstays in many industries, but researchers and farmers in China are taking innovation ...