Never mind the Apple Cup. Washington State University is focused on the apple grip and the apple pick. Researchers in WSU’s School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering unveiled a low-cost robotic ...

A low-cost, simple robotic apple picker arm developed by Washington State University researchers may someday help with fruit picking and other farm chores. The inflatable arm can see an apple, then ...

One of our state's largest crops is about to meet its new robot pickers. Credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus Washington state produces a majority of America’s apples, and until now pretty much all 2.5 ...

Researchers at Northwest A&F University in China have developed a pair of apple-picking robots that can harvest an apple in just 7.5 seconds. The duo — nicknamed Big Guy and Little Guy — work in ...