Fieldwork Robotics – a spinout company from the University of Plymouth in the UK – has announced the successful completion of early field trials of a raspberry-harvesting robot. If commercialized, the ...

It’s summer, and raspberries are in season. These soft, tartly sweet fruits are delicious but delicate. Most of the time, they have to be harvested by human hands. To help alleviate labor costs and ...

A pioneering raspberry-picking robot has been put through its paces in a "ground-breaking" agri-tech trial at a Norfolk fruit farm. Place UK, based at Tunstead, near North Walsham, is hosting the ...

One of President Donald Trump’s big campaign promises was to bring back all of the coal mining jobs. Did Trump have technological insights to back this claim or was he just saying whatever it would ...

(Nanowerk News) Raspberries are the ultimate summer fruit. Famous for their eye-catching scarlet color and distinctive structure, they consist of dozens of fleshy drupelets with a sweet yet slightly ...

A team of scientists in Switzerland has developed silicon-made raspberries that can help train robots to pick and handle this delicate fruit. Harvesting raspberries can be difficult since they can ...

A new robot is being developed to efficiently pick raspberries. The robot uses machine learning techniques to identify "supermarket ripe" raspberries via its cameras and sensors. The developers say it ...