Low-cost robots which can harvest and package strawberries in a matter of seconds have been trialled in Essex as part of ambitious plans to tackle a labour shortage in the industry. The University of ...

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PULLMAN, Wash. -- Strawberries are delicate and hard to harvest—easily bruised and often hidden under a canopy of leaves. This creates headaches for scientists trying to design robotic harvesters. Now ...

As the world grapples with sustainability and efficiency challenges, the agriculture sector is leveraging cutting-edge technology to redefine farming practices. An exciting development in this ...

This story is part of an AI series looking at how WSU is driving innovation in research and teaching through artificial ...

There have been groundbreaking advancements in modern farming—from an IIoT-in-the-field robotic strawberry picker to a weed-eradicating laser machine to automatic potato palletizing. This collection ...

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 ...