- Home
- agriculture
agriculture
Electric, self-driving tractor may just be the future of farming as we know it
This autonomous, all-electric tractor promises to be a game-changer for farms. Here's what makes it so special.
Panasonic built a robot gentle enough to pick tomatoes, but not exactly graceful
Planning on finding a new job for 2018? You can cross “tomato picker” off the list now that a new tomato-harvesting robot has made its debut.
Octinion’s strawberry-picking bot is quick, nimble, and ready to replace humans
Belgian engineering company Octinion has developed a robot that's capable of picking strawberries more efficiently than humans.
Birds eating your crops? $10k laser turrets will solve that problem
After its crop of blueberries were decimated by hungry birds last year, one Oregon farm decided to bring in laser guns as modern scarecrows.
Robot farmers have successfully planted and harvested barley by themselves
No human stepped foot on the acre and a half barley farm. The manual labor in Hands Free Hectare was done entirely by robot farmers.
This handheld scanner lets farmers analyze their crops in seconds
GrainSense is a smart device that lets farmers scan their crops to find out their levels of protein, moisture, oil, and carbohydrate.
Eat up! Insects may truly be the sustainable food source of the future
A new study demonstrates that cricket farming is more sustainable than traditional livestock farming, and has huge potential.
RoboBees, city sanctuaries, and hot hives could save the world from ‘beepocalypse’
In response to colony collapse disorder, conservationists, engineers, and everyday citizens are using modern technology to help save bees.
Tarzan the Robot will swing over the heads of farmers to monitor their crops
Georgia Institute of Technology's Tarzan-inspired robot will swing on high-wires to help farmers monitor their crops.
Mark Watney wasn’t wrong: Researchers discover potatoes really can grow on Mars
Preliminary results suggest that astronauts will be able to propagate potatoes in Mars-like soil and conditions.
Pests begone! BioClay offers a safe and sustainable alternative to pesticides
A research team at the University of Queensland in Australia is developing BioClay, an environmentally sustainable alternative to pesticides.
Farming robot uses sonar to spot fruit and even count individual leaves
A new research project is using sonar-sporting robots to more accurately project future fruit yields. And it's pretty darn accurate.
Scientists use engineered spinach to detect explosive chemicals underground
A team of MIT researchers embedded spinach plants with nanotubes that enable the plants to sense and respond to different chemicals in their environment.
Want to drink beer and make sustainable fertilizer? Urine luck!
Human waste collected from an outhouse behind Sudwerk Brewery Co. in Davis, California may help spur the next generation of fertilizers.
Prospera wants to use AI to bring agriculture into the 21st century
Thanks to machine learning company Prospera, one of man's oldest practices will be made new by way of Propsera's AI based solutions.
FarmBot DIY agriculture robot promises to usher in the future of farming
FarmBot brings precision farming to individuals with a DIY, open source agriculture robot that is completely adaptable to any garden situation.
Australian ranchers are turning to farm robots to manage livestock in the Outback
Australian engineers have developed a farmbot to herd and monitor livestock, while scanning the ground to determine the quality of the pasturelands.
It's official: Nation's top scientific consortium declares GMOs safe and healthy
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have officially declared GMOs are safe, good for you, and good for the environment.
MIT student designs gardening robots that could grow produce for astronauts on Mars
A NASA fellow and PhD student has developed a system of robots and AI that can autonomously grow crops in the harsh environments of space, including on Mars
China is building a controversial animal cloning facility to satisfy rising meat demands
Sometime in 2016, the world's largest animal cloning facility will open in China and intends to provide roughly 5 percent of the meat eaten in the country.
Bosch’s new weed-murdering robot could eliminate the need for herbicides
Startup Deepfield Robotics is working with German technology company Bosch to develop the ultimate farm hand -- a robot that can weed and monitor crops.
Researchers are giving Mississippi River mussels 3D printed backpacks — for science
Researchers at the University of Iowa are using freshwater mussels with 3D-printed backpacks to study nitrate loading in the Mississippi River watershed.