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

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

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

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

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,” ...

Vision-guided robotics is reshaping South African manufacturing with smarter picking, packing and palletising. Learn how ...

The robotics industry is entering 2026 with stronger momentum than at any point in the past decade. What was once ...