Low-cost robots which can harvest and package strawberries in a matter of seconds have been trialled in Essex as part of ambitious plans to tackle a labour shortage in the industry. The University of ...

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 ...

DAVIS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advanced Farm Technologies, Inc., developers of robotic technology for farmers, announced today it has completed a Series B investment round raising $25 million to ...

California-based start-up Advanced Farm Technologies has received a minority investment from CNH Industrial. Advanced Farm Technologies designs and builds robotic harvesters for apples, strawberries ...

SPARTA, MI - The tubular robotic arm extends through the leaves with its target in sight. With the sound akin to a vacuum hoovering up stray pant leg, a deep-red Gala apple finds itself in the machine ...

As the world grapples with sustainability and efficiency challenges, the agriculture sector is leveraging cutting-edge technology to redefine farming practices. An exciting development in this ...

Tortuga’s F and G Models are autonomous robots that can pick strawberry and table grapes better than humans and can reduce ...

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 ...

SALINAS, Calif. — As a boy, Abel Montoya remembers his father arriving home from the lettuce fields each evening, the picture of exhaustion, mud caked knee-high on his trousers. “Dad wanted me to stay ...

At the ACRES cultivation company in ‘s-Gravenzande, the Netherlands, a pilot is underway with an Artemy harvesting robot for ...