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

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 ...

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

Apple growers facing tight labor costs may soon have a new tool in the orchard: a harvesting robot that not only picks the ...

Although the robotic arm is still slow when compared to human pickers who pick an apple every three seconds, the team is ...

Farming is undergoing a remarkable transformation thanks to cutting-edge technologies reshaping how fruit is picked and handled. While autonomous drones like Tevel’s Flying Robots are already ...

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,” ...

“Chef robots can pick items from unstructured containers at any angle, adapting to each piece's position rather than requiring items to lie perfectly flat,” the company said. “When depositing food ...