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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

The English company Dogtooth presented its picking robot for harvesting strawberries during Strawberry Day on 7 January.

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

Fraunhofer IAPT will be presenting a robot with a flexible gripper arm at Fruit Logistica 2026. The solution automates the handling of different fruits and processes such as gripping, sorting, and ...

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 ...