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Robot Rules: A Future of Change
In discussing what the future holds for robotics in the produce field, Mark DeSantis is CEO of Pittsburgh, PA-based Bloomfield...
Robot Rules: Costs, Risks, Opportunities
With a technology as potentially disruptive to the produce industry as robotics, our experts advise growers to weigh the potential...
Robot Rules: Growers and Fields
It’s in the field that our experts see the most potential for game-changing developments in robotics, and they were all...
Robot Rules: Pickers and Packers
It was once felt that robots were too heavy-handed and imprecise to be of benefit to packers and shippers. That...
Robot Rules: Retail and Foodservice
There have been two constants since the dawn of automation: advocates of developing technologies optimistically forecasting that machines will replace...
Restaurant robot company raises $15MM to expand production
SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Pudu Robotics, a commercial service robotics manufacturer, has announced completion of a Series...
Carbon Robotics adds laser thinning to its AI-powered LaserWeeder
February 13, 2023 SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Carbon Robotics, a leader in AI-powered robotics, today introduced the industry’s first LaserThinning capability, continuing the...
FarmX acquires robotics software company
MOUNTAIN VIEW , Calif., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — FarmX, Inc. announced the acquisition of AutoModality, Inc., a mobile robotics...
Solinftec expands ag robotics product line
West Lafayette, Indiana and Bloomington, Illinois – Solinftec, a global leader in agricultural digitalization, has today announced that it is...
Ag robots are on the march
The market for agricultural robots is booming worldwide, according to a recent report issued by the London-based market research firm...
Chipotle invests in robotics, plant-based protein
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Chipotle Mexican Grill today announced it is investing in Hyphen, a foodservice...
Why asparagus is a good fit for mechanical harvest
The produce industry sometimes talks about automation as members of a cult talk about a long-overdue messiah. Sometimes the prospect...
Grubhub partnership to bring robot delivery to college campuses
CHICAGO and OAKLAND, Calif., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Grubhub, the leading online and mobile food-ordering and delivery platform on...
Walmart to expand use of robotics, automation in all regional distribution centers
BENTONVILLE, Ark. & WILMINGTON, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Symbotic LLC, a revolutionary A.I.-powered supply chain technology company, and Walmart Inc. BB #:143789 announced...
Ally Robotics launches to open new era for attainable robotics
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – Ally Robotics – a startup making smart and affordable robotic arms – has launched a campaign to...
Oppy makes first-ever tech investment in robotics
VISALIA, Calif. — Initiating their partnership at the beginning of 2021, Bloomfield Robotics and the leading grower, marketer and distributor...
New restaurant robot has “eyes” and “arms” to identify, serve dishes
SHENZHEN, China, April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Pudu Robotics, the global leader in commercial service robots, has recently unveiled PUDU...
Testing complete on robot strawberry harvester
The figure 25 percent surfaces in a couple of different but intimately related contexts. As I noted in a column...
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