In the verdant hills of Washington state’s Palouse region, Andrew Nelson’s tractor hums through the wheat fields on his 7,500-acre farm. Inside the cab, he’s not gripping the steering wheel—he’s on a ...

Never mind the Apple Cup. Washington State University is focused on the apple grip and the apple pick. Researchers in WSU’s School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering unveiled a low-cost robotic ...

A low-cost, simple robotic apple picker arm developed by Washington State University researchers may someday help with fruit picking and other farm chores. The inflatable arm can see an apple, then ...

One of our state's largest crops is about to meet its new robot pickers. Credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus Washington state produces a majority of America’s apples, and until now pretty much all 2.5 ...

The companies say seven additional ZenRobotics Heavy Pickers will be deployed at an undisclosed American facility following the installation of three robots at the same site in 2024. “We are excited ...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Harvesting Washington state’s vast fruit orchards each year requires thousands of farmworkers, and many of them work illegally in the United States. That system eventually could ...

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