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

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 ...

The use of drones in agriculture is becoming more of a necessity than a whim, with the massive urbanization process forcing farmers to switch to automated solutions. Aerial devices have a plethora of ...

It’s summer, and raspberries are in season. These soft, tartly sweet fruits are delicious but delicate. Most of the time, they have to be harvested by human hands. To help alleviate labor costs and ...

Farming worker shortages are getting worse. In a survey by the California Farm Bureau Federation last year, 55 percent of the 762 farmers surveyed said they had experienced employee shortages. That's ...

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 ...

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 ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Read the paper: Lab2Field transfer of a robotic raspberry harvester enabled by a soft sensorized physical ...

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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 ...

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

Stanford’s made a lot of progress over the years with its gecko-inspired robotic hand. In May, a version of the “gecko gripper” even found its way onto the International Space Station to test its ...