Farming is undergoing a remarkable transformation thanks to cutting-edge technologies reshaping how fruit is picked and handled. While autonomous drones like Tevel’s Flying Robots are already ...

Apple growers facing tight labor costs may soon have a new tool in the orchard: a harvesting robot that not only picks the fruit, but also sorts it in the field.

A low-cost, simple robotic apple picker arm developed by Washington State University researchers may someday help with fruit picking and other farm chores. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

Never mind the Apple Cup. Washington State University is focused on the apple grip and the apple pick. Researchers in WSU’s School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering unveiled a low-cost robotic ...

In the verdant hills of Washington state’s Palouse region, Andrew Nelson’s tractor hums through the wheat fields on his 7,500-acre farm. Inside the cab, he’s not gripping the steering wheel—he’s on a ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- In a space where bots meet berries, the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville is working to fill a technological gap in farming. Anthony Gunderman, now an assistant professor in the ...

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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Harvesting Washington state’s vast fruit orchards each year requires thousands of farmworkers, and many of them work illegally in the United States. That system eventually could ...

A low-cost, simple robotic apple picker arm developed by Washington State University researchers may someday help with fruit picking and other farm chores. The inflatable arm can see an apple, then ...

Low-cost, simple robotic apple picker arms like this one, developed by WSU researchers, may someday help with fruit picking and other farm chores. PULLMAN, Wash — A low-cost, simple robotic apple ...