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 ...

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

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

Strawberry growers are so worried about the farmworker shortage that they're testing a strawberry-picking robot. But while picking strawberries is... Robots Are Trying To Pick Strawberries. So Far, ...

The symmetrical design and flexible fingers mean that the robot can transport objects on either side of its body. For humans, ...

One of the jobs for which robots are best suited is the tedious, repetitive "pick and place" task common in warehouses — but humans are still much better at it. UC Berkeley researchers are picking up ...

Artificial intelligence applications have been growing rapidly in a variety of industrial technologies, ranging from data analytics and quality inspections to autonomous mobile robots. Now the ...