Low-cost robots which can harvest and package strawberries in a matter of seconds have been trialled in Essex as part of ambitious plans to tackle a labour shortage in the industry. The University of ...

Robots designed to pick strawberries are being trialed by a farm that makes jam for the royal family. The robots are part of a £1m project, funded by DEFRA, and can identify the ripe fruit and pick ...

PULLMAN, Wash. -- Strawberries are delicate and hard to harvest—easily bruised and often hidden under a canopy of leaves. This creates headaches for scientists trying to design robotic harvesters. Now ...

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Strawberry season may be getting streamlined thanks to new robot coworkers developed at UC Davis. Using an innovative prediction and scheduling system, Fragile cRop hArvest-aIding mobiLe robots, or ...

Better known for household vacuums, fans and hi-tech hair styling tools, James Dyson has turned his tech eye to farming by producing strawberries with the assistance of data crunching, drones, and yes ...

Close-up of strawberry picking. (University of Essex / Simon O’Connor via SWNS) A new, smaller version of an original robot prototype, which was trialled last year, is now being tested, with plans ...