[Tyler]

The Dawning of Farmbots
     

An April 14th article on Inhabitat.com
references
an April 12th article on Discovery.com,
and both discuss the work of
Professor Yael Edan of Ben Gurion University,
who is seeking to create robots that both learn like
humans and have vision systems capable of discriminating
between various types of produce, even when upside down
or only partially visible. Both articles also quote
Professor Bernie Engel of Purdue University
discussing how robots might alleviate labor crunches associated
with the harvest of perishables.

   

http://robots.net/article/3148.html