Fieldwork Robotics – a spinout company from the University of Plymouth in the UK – has announced the successful completion of early field trials of a raspberry-harvesting robot. If commercialized, the ...

Robots can work all day and night, without stopping for breaks, and could be particularly useful during intense harvest periods. "The main benefit is durability," says Martin Stoelen, a lecturer in ...

A pioneering raspberry-picking robot has been put through its paces in a "ground-breaking" agri-tech trial at a Norfolk fruit farm. Place UK, based at Tunstead, near North Walsham, is hosting the ...

One of President Donald Trump’s big campaign promises was to bring back all of the coal mining jobs. Did Trump have technological insights to back this claim or was he just saying whatever it would ...

A team of scientists in Switzerland has developed silicon-made raspberries that can help train robots to pick and handle this delicate fruit. Harvesting raspberries can be difficult since they can ...

A new robot is being developed to efficiently pick raspberries. The robot uses machine learning techniques to identify "supermarket ripe" raspberries via its cameras and sensors. The developers say it ...

Brexit has hit fruit and vegetable farmers in the United Kingdom hard. One big problem: There aren’t enough seasonal migrants coming to pick fruit and other crops. Apparently, they feel less welcome ...