Researchers are optimistic about its applications. Scientists develop incredible robots that could revolutionize farming: 'Sensing technology' first appeared on The Cool Down.

“Tanks” patrolling the fields, AI accurately picking the sweetest fruits... This is not a science fiction blockbuster, but the ongoing “Agricultural Robot Mobilization” at the Chengdu Agricultural ...

Farm robots can mitigate labor shortages by automating tasks like planting, harvesting, and weeding, while also supporting ...

Orchard Robotics, an agtech startup using artificial intelligence to deliver precise data on farm operations, has raised $22 ...

On Wednesday, Orchard Robotics announced that it raised a $22 million Series A funding led by Quiet Capital and Shine Capital ...

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 ...

The Farm Robotics Challenge, the only collegiate agricultural robotics competition of its kind, has launched its 2026 season.

Farmers might be able to get help tending and harvesting crops using a new sensing technology from Carnegie Mellon University ...

Farming doesn’t have to be low-tech. Two of the biggest challenges family farmers face are competition with larger, more high-tech farms and keeping the next generations interested in farming. Smart ...

Jian Jin, an associate professor in Purdue University’s Agricultural & Biological Engineering Department and a member of the Institute for Digital Forestry, said robotics has long been on his radar.

The newest form of robot-milking barn design is called batch robots, Doug Reinemann says. With that configuration, cows are milked on a schedule by the robots rather than as the cows desire ...