Sunday 14 July 2013

INQUIRER.net: Robots to revolutionize US farms, ease labor woes

INQUIRER.net
Philippine News for Filipinos
Robots to revolutionize US farms, ease labor woes
Jul 15th 2013, 00:28

SALINAS, California – Researchers are now designing robots for the last frontier of agricultural mechanization — fruits and vegetables destined for the U.S. fresh market, which have resisted mechanization because they're sensitive to bruising.   The robots are designed to handle these delicate crops by integrating advanced sensors, powerful computing, electronics, computer vision, robotic hardware and algorithms, as well as networking and high precision GPS localization technologies.   On a windy morning in California's Salinas Valley, a tractor pulled a wheeled, metal contraption over rows of budding lettuce plants. Engineers from Silicon Valley tinkered wi...

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