Next time you buy organic fruits, veggies, or nuts, it might be thanks to a giant weed-whacking robot. Semi-autonomous farming machines are navigating agricultural fields across California and Arizona ...

German company E-TERRY has designed its autonomous field robot E-TERRY specifically for mechanical in-row weed control in vegetable and specialty crops. The lightweight robot is currently available in ...

Controlling weeds remains vital in vegetable production. With rising labor costs and labor shortages, farmers continue to rethink their approach to effective weed management, and weeding robots have ...

A giant robotic centipede could soon crawl out of the lab and into vineyards and blueberry farms in the United States. Inspired by nature’s long, slender, and wiggly movers, Ground Control Robotics ...

While robotic weed-cutting machines are nothing new to agriculture, they have become more common in vegetable fields in the ...

Modern agriculture is under pressure from every angle rising labor costs, unpredictable weather, herbicide resistance, and ...

Most corn and soybean fields in the U.S. are planted with herbicide-resistant crop varieties, but the evolution of superweeds that have developed resistance to common herbicides is jeopardizing ...

MOSCOW, Idaho — The University of Idaho recently showcased an advanced robotic device that eradicates weeds within the Coeur d'Alene Nursery. According to a press release, the robot is a 3-foot-wide ...

Kenneth Kioria Gicira and Michael Mwaisakenyi, Mechatronic Engineering students at JKUAT who invented the weed robot. Two Mechatronic Engineering students at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture ...

Common crops, like wheat or maize, could be genetically altered to be brightly coloured to make it easier for weeding robots to do their job, suggest researchers. Weeding reduces the need for ...

Across China’s vast agricultural regions from greenhouse belts near major cities to expansive grain-producing provinces AI-powered farming robots are rapidly ...