With labor shortages leaving a wealth of fruit to rot on trees, farmers around the globe are seeing a glimmer of hope on the horizon as AI-driven robots fly to their rescue. These tech marvels are ...

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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Robots designed to pick strawberries are being trialled by a farm which makes jam for the royal family. The robots are part of a £1m project, funded by DEFRA, and can identify the ripe fruit and pick ...

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,” ...

Artificial intelligence applications have been growing rapidly in a variety of industrial technologies, ranging from data analytics and quality inspections to autonomous mobile robots. Now the ...

Mycionics Inc., Finite Robotics and Upright Robotics have developed automated robots that will help farmers grow, harvest and maintain their produce at an affordable price. The founders of the three ...

With every ProMat I attend, I’m amazed at how many new twists there are in robotic order picking systems, especially those that embed an advanced vision and artificial intelligence (AI) software layer ...