Tomato greenhouses are becoming test beds for a new kind of farm worker, one that does not just grab every red fruit in sight ...

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 ...

Scientists have invested an inflatable apple-picking robot that uses similar technology as the inflatable "tube guy" ...

Harvest robots are proving capable of cutting truss tomatoes, although crop characteristics and growing conditions are ...

A low-cost, simple robotic arm developed by Washington State University researchers might someday help with fruit picking and ...

In the farming of strawberries, high-bed cultivation somewhat eases the associated manual labor, but there is now a new lidar-assisted robot solution to to help harvest such soft fruit as strawberries ...

Fraunhofer IAPT will be presenting a robot with a flexible gripper arm at Fruit Logistica 2026. The solution automates the handling of different fruits and processes such as gripping, sorting, and ...

Tomato vines can look calm from a distance. Up close, they feel like a crowded maze. Fruit hangs in clusters. Stems twist in ...