A scientist has explained why robots still struggle to pick tomatoes. Labor shortages in agriculture are driving growing interest in robotic systems that can automate harvesting. Yet some crops remain ...

Researchers from the WSU School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering published their work on an apple-picking inflatable ...

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

Robots are now regularly used in applications such as picking purchased items from shipping warehouses … but most of them still can't see through walls. That said, a new bot is essentially able to do ...

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 ...

SHANGHAI, Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Geekplus (Stock Code: 2590.HK), the global leader in warehouse robotics, today unveiled its new Robot Arm Picking Station, marking the industry's first ...

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

According to Japanese robotics firm Agrist, there's a shortage of farm workers in that country, resulting in lower yields than would otherwise be possible. The company is offering a partial solution ...