The International Forum for Agricultural Robotics, or FIRA, has people coming from all over the world to Salinas to demonstrate what their robots can do.From planting, to weeding, to harvesting — ...

OSCAR robot from Osiris Agriculture reflects a growing shift toward automation in irrigation and nutrient application.

The Burro autonomous cart is one of many robots on stage at the FIRA USA conference. (photo: Brad Hooker) The third annual FIRA USA robotics conference will take place in Woodland Oct. 22-24. Growers, ...

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The market for agricultural robots is developing at a rapid pace, with a large number of established and startup agricultural technology companies developing, piloting ...

Robotic weeders are evolving quickly. Some zap weeds with lasers, hot oil or electricity, others target them with microscopic ...

The fourth annual FIRA USA, a major international agricultural robotics conference, opened Tuesday in Woodland with calls from Western Growers and the University of California Agriculture and Natural ...

Agriculture is entering a period of rapid change as farms around the world struggle to balance rising demand with a shrinking workforce. Labor shortages have become one of the most persistent ...

The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History hosted competitors for the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo on Friday. None of them had any livestock, but they did have robots. This was the 5th year for ...

In the face of rising global agricultural labor costs and an aging workforce, a new review published in Engineering explores how agricultural robots are leveraging advanced hand–eye coordination ...

Declining robot costs plus rising labor expenses create a widening margin advantage for early adopters. Reshoring domestic ...