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

A scientist has explained why robots still struggle to pick tomatoes. Labor shortages in agriculture are driving growing ...

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

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

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

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 ...

How far can you stretch a measuring tape before it buckles? The answer probably depends more on the tape than the user, but it does show how sturdy the coiled spring steel rulers can be. [Gengzhi He ...

How to solve the problems of economic migrants and farming automation, asks a UK robotics company. Cue a controversial – and ...

Advancing Dexterity Robot Capabilities Robots have been around for a while, mostly doing the same repetitive jobs ...

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