date:Jan 03, 2020
Next fall, in all probability, some of the apples sold in the US will be picked by a robot rather than human hands. Thats thanks to agricultural automation start-up Abundant Robotics, the maker of apple harvesting machines that will partake in Washington states next harvest.
Abundants picker has more in common with a really smart Hoover vacuum than a human hand. The robot moves down rows of orchards and uses artificial intelligence with a dash of LIDAR to search for ripe apples. Once spotted, a