date:Jul 09, 2019
The 'Vegebot' is a vegetable-picking robot that uses machine learning to identify and harvest a commonplace, but challenging, agricultural crop. The bot was developed by a team at the University of Cambridge, was initially trained to recognise and harvest iceberg lettuce in a lab setting. It has now been successfully tested in a variety of field conditions in cooperation with G's Growers, a local fruit and vegetable co-operative.
Although the prototype is nowhere near as fast or efficient as a