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 ...

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, ...

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

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 ...