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

A local company started by alumni from Arizona State University works with various farms to incorporate AI-powered technology ...

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

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Innovation is often expanding, especially in agriculture. Now, robots are starting to take care of crops in the field. Robots are not new, and many are running around on the ...

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

The world's biggest centipede, at potentially over 12 inches long, certainly earns the "giant" in Amazonian giant centipede. This particular species of minibeast has 42 legs, and while all centipede ...

Modern farming embraces drones and robots to monitor crops, detect problems early and apply treatments with pinpoint accuracy ...

FARMER CITY, Ill. — In a research field off Highway 54 last autumn, corn stalks shimmered in rows 40 feet deep. Girish Chowdhary, an agricultural engineer at the University of Illinois at ...

In a sugar beet field a few miles east of Moorhead, small four-wheeled robots are rolling up and down the rows of beets. Powered by a solar panel, the robots use cameras to spot weeds and then guide ...

Aigen's solar-powered autonomous robots aim to take the chemicals and toil out of industrial weeding Aigen CEO Kenny Lee and CTO of Aigen Richard Wurden hope to win over typically conservative farmers ...

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 ...

Tomato greenhouses are becoming test beds for a new kind of farm worker, one that does not just grab every red fruit in sight but pauses to decide which individual tomato is worth picking. Instead of ...