Tomato greenhouses are becoming test beds for a new kind of farm worker, one that does not just grab every red fruit in sight ...

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

To build a “hand” for a robot apple picker, Joe Davidson first had to learn how to pick apples. After all, he was an engineer, not a farmer. “Picking apples seems like a very simple thing to do,” ...

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