The only constant in farming is change. As growers, we’re more than familiar with the concept, but that doesn’t mean the agents of change we’re currently facing—including a changing climate, rising ...

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When Brandon Contino and co-founder Dan Chi were developing Four Growers’ produce-harvesting robots, they practically lived in a greenhouse for an entire year. They coded at a small desk tucked in the ...

The robots can pick, weigh and harvest strawberries in a matter of seconds.

Much has been made of the AI race between the U.S. and China as the two national powers jockey for leadership in the world's fastest-growing industry. To some Western observers, China's progress in ...

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 ...

How Nate Beckett describes Planted Solar’s robots sounds like the start of a bad joke: What happens when you marry what looks like an industrial-sized toothpick dispenser with a similarly-sized nail ...

A worker holding a large tray of leafy greens in a large autonomous farm field - China Science/X Much has been made of the AI race between the U.S. and China as the two national powers jockey for ...