In the agricultural sector, labor shortages are increasing the need for automated harvesting using robots. However, some ...

Inspired by a childhood game of unspooling measuring tape, engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new type of robotic gripper using the same flexible metal strip. Named ...

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,” ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- In a space where bots meet berries, the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, is working to fill a technological gap in farming. Anthony Gunderman, now an assistant professor in the ...

In the rapid development of modern agriculture, picking robots, as a key technology to improve production efficiency, reduce labor costs, and improve operation quality are gradually becoming the focus ...

A fruit-hauling robot developed by Washington State University graduate students and Heritage University undergraduates won a $5,000 prize at a recent competition judged by academics and agricultural ...

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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 ...

Inbolt said its new guidance system on robot arms enables flexible, fast, accurate, and low-cost bin picking for unstructured ...

Weed control is essential in apple orchards because weeds compete with trees for nutrients, water and sunlight, which can ...