Via Newatlas
Fieldwork Robotics – a spinout company from the University of Plymouth in the UK – has announced the successful completion of field trials of a raspberry-harvesting robot. If commercialized, the system could help make up for a shortage of human fruit pickers in the country.
According to a recent report in The Guardian, seasonal eastern European workers – who make up the majority of the UK’s fruit pickers – are feeling much more welcome in continental European countries like Germany than Old Blighty, which could mean crops are left to rot in the fields. But thanks to the continued development of work by Dr. Martin Stoelen at the University of Plymouth’s School of Computing, a robot workforce could soon be out in the fields instead.
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