A scientist has explained why robots still struggle to pick tomatoes. Labor shortages in agriculture are driving growing interest in robotic systems that can automate harvesting. Yet some crops remain ...

Part of Cornell’s settlement with the federal government is a $30 million investment into agricultural research, which may ...

Miami University College of Engineering and Computing’s Robotics and Automation Club received a grant of $12,000 from the Women’s Giving Circle to help fund their recent work applying robotics to ...

AI-driven platforms increasingly assist farmers in choosing when to plant, irrigate, fertilize, or harvest. These systems ...

Aarush Muthukrishnan, a Pennsylvania 4-H member, won first place in the national 4-H AI in Agriculture Challenge for ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii-born researcher Kyle Yoshida believes he can help reinvigorate his home state’s agriculture industry by putting robots to work on farms and having them pick fruits ...

A pear orchard in the Netherlands might not look like a tech hub, but it's here that the future of farming is quietly taking shape. From autonomous ground robots to intelligent energy systems, the ...

Robots have the potential to change the way we grow food, making the process more efficient and environmentally friendly. Robots can be deployed to fight pests instead of using pesticides, can reduce ...

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It’s not yet life on the farm, but North Dakota State University researchers at the Big Iron farm show in West Fargo, North Dakota, Sept. 13-15, 2022, were demonstrating a research “weedbot,” or robot ...

Are we finally starting to see the adoption of labor-saving robots in agriculture? The short and unfulfilling summary answer is “It depends”. Undeniably, we are seeing clear signs of progress yet, ...

Optimus is still under development, but the bot has become a familiar sight at company events and for many employees. Inside Tesla’s Palo Alto, Calif., engineering headquarters, robots routinely ...