Four Growers' robot harvesting a cucumber. The pun is almost too easy: Turtle Creek-based agtech startup Four Growers is, itself, growing, thanks to advancements in its hardware and software ...

SPARTA, MI - The tubular robotic arm extends through the leaves with its target in sight. With the sound akin to a vacuum hoovering up stray pant leg, a deep-red Gala apple finds itself in the machine ...

A team at Washington State University has developed a lightweight, affordable robotic arm that could help automate fruit picking and other essential farm tasks in the near future. Image Credit: Is ...

In the wave of agricultural automation, fruit picking has long been a technical challenge. Traditional manual harvesting is inefficient and costly, while fully automated robots often struggle with ...

A low-cost robotic apple-picking arm developed by Washington State University researchers could help automate fruit harvesting and other farm tasks. Tree fruit growers worldwide are facing labour ...

Low-cost, simple robotic apple picker arms like this one, developed by WSU researchers, may someday help with fruit picking and other farm chores. PULLMAN, Wash — A low-cost, simple robotic apple ...

In the orchards of Central Washington, a new kind of technology is revolutionizing the fruit tree industry. One of the robots being tested is 14 feet tall and has six mechanical arms with suction cups ...

In an article published in the journal Smart Agricultural Technology, researchers aimed to improve the reliability of autonomous tomato harvesting robots in plant factories. They identified that ...

Around 38% of the world’s total landmass is used for agriculture – yet hunger is worsening, and food security is in crisis, threatened by pressures including climate change, conflict and global ...