date:Mar 31, 2023
US farmers continue to be challenged by the availability and price of hand labor to harvest perishable crops, including stone fruit. Growers now have access to robots who simply need a steady source of power to mechanically pick that fruit, eliminating the need for hand crews and ladders in the orchard.
Tevel, an Israel-based company, is working with select fruit growers in the western US to test its platform of flying autonomous robots to pick peaches, apricots, nectarines, plums, pears, and a