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

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,” ...

PULLMAN, Wash. - Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) have recently developed a robotic arm that may one day ...

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