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Automation and robots are becoming mainstays in many industries, but researchers and farmers in China are taking innovation ...

For the past few years on the UC Santa Cruz farm, a team of students known as the Electrified Slugs has been iterating on software to control a small electric tractor, making it capable of ...

On the UC Santa Cruz farm, a small self-driving tractor navigates itself over a line of broccoli, avoiding the crops while removing the weeds that may interfere with their growth. This autonomous ...

LA JUNTA, Colo. (KRDO) -- A La Junta robotics company is garnering national recognition for its innovative technology and work to help rural southern Colorado farmers. The company, Barn Owl Precision ...

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

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Farming doesn’t have to be low-tech. Two of the biggest challenges family farmers face are competition with larger, more high-tech farms and keeping the next generations interested in farming. Smart ...

Agricultural robots assist farmers with precision tasks without replacing human workers, enhancing efficiency and ...

Agriculture is facing major long-term challenges. Some forecasts suggest that world population is set to grow by 2.3 billion by 2050. This, together with rising global income levels that typically ...

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