April 8, 2019
U.S.: The Age of Robot Farmers
In recent years, seasonal labor has become much more scarce, and more expensive — making it difficult for growers of apples, citrus, berries, lettuce, melons, and other handpicked produce-aisle items to harvest their crops, reports John Seabrook for The New Yorker.
The solution, Florida grower Gary Wishnatzki believes, is to make a robot that can pick strawberries. He and a business partner, Bob Pitzer, have been developing one for the past six years. With the latest iteration of their invention—known around the farm as Berry 5.1—they are getting close.
Continue reading at The New Yorker.
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