WSU’s inflatable robotic apple-picker could take a bite out of farm labor shortages

Researchers inWashington State University's School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering said the robot can see an apple, ...
Growing Produce

Watch an Inflatable Robotic Arm Pick Apples With Ease

A low-cost, simple robotic arm developed by Washington State University researchers might someday help with fruit picking and ...
The Debrief

Look: Engineers Invent Inflatable Apple-Picking Robotic Arm that Picks Apples Without Harming Trees

Scientists have invested an inflatable apple-picking robot that uses similar technology as the inflatable "tube guy" ...

Inflatable fabric robotic arm picks apples

A low-cost, simple robotic apple picker arm developed by Washington State University researchers may someday help with fruit ...

Smarter tomato-picking robots learn to judge each fruit before harvest

Tomato vines can look calm from a distance. Up close, they feel like a crowded maze. Fruit hangs in clusters. Stems twist in ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Berry-picking bot invented at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville aimed at filling agricultural technology gap

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 ...